Tower Of Babel

tower of babel year : 1975 album : captain fantastic & the brown dirt cowboy writers : elton john & bernie taupin taken from elton john chords website Am A#/C - C7 Fdim C snow . ce - ment and ivory young towers . F/A Em/B C G#dim Am F G/D /D - /E someone called us babylon - those hungry hunters tracking down the hours . G/F /G - /A D#/A# A# but where were all your shoulders when we cried? Fm/G# G7 Cm were the darlings on the sideline dreaming up such cherished lies - F/A | A# Cm7 | A#/D Cm7 - A# | to whisper in your ear before you die? Chorus : D# D#7 G# A# it’s party time for the guys in the tower of babel . Cm G# D#/A# A#7sus - A#7 sodom meet gomorrah . cain meet A - bel . Fm Cm G# G Cm have a ball y’all . see the letches crawl with the call girls under the table . G# watch them dig their graves - D#/A# A# Cm ’cause jesus don’t save the guys in the tower of babel . G# D#/A# watch them dig their graves - A# Fm D# ’cause jesus don’t save the guys in the tower of babel . no . no . no . instr : | E /G# /B | A /C# /E | /F /G - /A - A# - /C | /G /G# - /A# - /C - /D | | /G# /A# - /C - /D - /D# | /D /D# - /F - /G - G# | | /E /F# - /G# /A - /A# /C /D /A# | Am A#/C - C7 Fdim C junk . an - gel . this closet’s always stacked . F/A Em/B C G#dim Am F G/D /D - /E dealers in the basement filling your prescrip . for a brand new heart attack . G/F /G - /A | D#/A# A# but where were all your shoulders when we cried? Fm/G# G7 Cm were the doctors in attendance saying how they felt so sick inside? F/A | A# Cm7 | A#/D Cm7 - A# | or was it just the scalpel blade that lied? {repeat Chorus twice} chorded by david bisese