Finish Line chords by Elton John

• Difficulty: Intermediate 💪

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

🎸 Intro:

Gm7 C F Dm



🎸 Verse 1:

Gm7      C
You, oh you
             F           Dm
Are still a beauty to behold
Gm7             C
You’ve been my muse
        F              F7
Every story that I’ve told
     Bb                C
Oh, take me back some years
                 Am7             Dm
To when we were young without a fear

🎸 Pre-Chorus:

     Gm7                     C                 Dm
All along you have been the song that I wanna hear


🎸 Chorus:

           Bb               F
I’ve been down the darkest alleys
             C                       Dm
Been to the bottom where the angels cry
               Bb                  F
Thought it had all been, all for nothing
         C                     F
Until I saw you at the finish line


🎸 Verse 2:

 Gm7    C            F        F/E      Dm
Forgive me, for the ways I’ve let you down
Gm7            C            F                  F7
Won’t you give me, another chance to make you proud
     Bb                    C
Oh, flash forward twenty years
                 Am7                      Dm
Forever keep me young and my conscience clear


🎸 Pre-Chorus:

     Gm7                      C                 Dm  C  Dm
All along, you have been the song that I wanna hear, ooh yeah, ah


🎸 Chorus:

           Bb               F
I’ve been down the darkest alleys
             C                       Dm
Been to the bottom where the angels cry (Where the angels cry)
               Bb                  F
Thought it had all been, all for nothing
         C                     F
Until I saw you at the finish line


Harmonica 🎸 Solo:

Gm7  C  F   Dm
Gm7  C  F   F7
Bb   C  Am7 Dm
Gm7  C  Dm


(Yeah, yeah)


🎸 Chorus:

                Bb               F
Yes, I’ve been down the darkest alleys
             C                       Dm
Been to the bottom where the angels cry (Angels cry)
               Bb                  F
Thought it had all been, all for nothing
         C                     F
Until I saw you at the finish line (At the finish line)

           Bb               F
Oh, I’ve been down the darkest alleys
             C                      Dm
Been to the bottom watching life go by (Watching life go by)
               Bb                  F
Thought it had all been, all for nothing
         C                     F
Until I saw you at the finish line (Finish line)


🎸 Outro:

Bb                           F
I’ve been down the darkest alleys
             C                       Dm
Been to the bottom where the angels cry
               Bb                  F
Thought it had all been, all for nothing
         C                     F
Until I saw you at the finish line