Steal Away Child chords by Elton John

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

Verse 1:
Bb         Cm    F7        Bb    Bb/A
Steal away child into your dreams
      Gm         Dm7      Eb          F7
Where nothing is ever the way that it seems
  Bb            Cm        F7           Bb   Bb/A
I gave you your life, you gave me your trust
     Gm         Dm7      Eb             D7sus4  D7
I've no wish to hurt you but hurt you I must
Eb         Bb     F         F#dim  Gm
Steal away child, turn down your light
Cm         F    F/A  Bb
Steal away into the night

Verse 2:
Bb         Cm           F7          Bb  Bb/A
Steal away child to the land of the lies
      Gm           Dm7       Eb         F7
Where love lasts forever and hope never dies
    Bb         Cm    F7           Bb   Bb/A
Sit safe for a place peaceful and calm
      Gm         Dm7         Eb   D7sus4  D7
Where no one and nothing can harm you
Eb         Bb     F         F#dim  Gm
Steal away child, you'll be alright
Cm         F    F/A  Bb
Steal away into the night


Bridge:
F#            B      E            B
Once more goodnight, one last goodbye
       F#          B            E                B             Eb
Trying hard not to show how I'm making what it's taking not to cry


Verse 3:
Bb         Cm      F7          Bb  Bb/A
Steal away child, sleeping so still
    Gm          Dm7          Eb          F7
Our love is too precious for distance to kill
    Bb        Cm    F7          Bb  Bb/A
But when you awake, morning has come
  Gm           Dm7     Eb   D7sus4  D7
I won't be the one you turn to
     Eb        Bb     F       F#dim  Gm
I'll do what I must before it gets light
     Cm         F    F/A  Bb   Bb7
I'll steal away into the  night


Outro:
Eb         Bb     F         F#dim  Gm
Steal away child, you'll be alright
Cm         F    F/A  Bb
Steal away into the night