My Elusive Drug chords by Elton John

Chords with lyrics

• Capo on 3rd

Verse 1:
D MajorD             FF
 I'm not the same as I used to be.
C majorC                 G+G
 All the things you've heard seem hard to believe.
E7E7          F#F# B minorBm
 Haven't always been good, never really been bad.
G+G           D MajorD      E7E7         A augmentedA
 Most times I've been happy; yeah, sometimes I've been sad.


Verse 2:
D MajorD             D7D7
 Sure
I've made mistakes. Haven't we all?
C majorC                 B minorBm
 I've been loose as a cannon and dumb as a wall.
A augmentedA           F#F#  B minorBm
 Haven't always been sober in counting my ducks
G+G          D MajorD    E7E7       A augmentedA  Bb majorBb
 And if I look back now I've had my share of luck.

Chorus:
    B minorBm      D MajorD     G+G
But the change didn't come overnight.
     B minorBm      D MajorD     G+G
I've been searching for you all my life.
    G+G             D MajorD
All the habits that I couldn't handle
E7E7     A augmentedA
I've swept them under the rug
   Bb majorBb            G+G
In exchange for the sweetest addiction:
A augmentedA        D MajorD
You, my elusive drug.


Verse 3:
D MajorD           D7D7
 I'm going to stay now. I really like it here.
C majorC             G+G
 I may paint your picture, and I might grow a beard.
FF            F#F#  B minorBm
 There were times I was crazy; couldn't handle my life.
G+G            D MajorD    E7E7        A augmentedA
 Don't think you'd have liked me. Not at any old price.


Chorus:
    B minorBm      D MajorD     G+G
But the change didn't come overnight.
     B minorBm      D MajorD     G+G
I've been searching for you all my life.
    G+G             D MajorD
All the habits that I couldn't handle
E7E7     A augmentedA
I've swept them under the rug
   Bb majorBb            G+G
In exchange for the sweetest addiction:
A augmentedA        D MajorD
You, my elusive drug.

Verse 4:
Bb majorBb
 And I've taken the pills.
   FF              D MajorD
I got burnt out and chilled by the cold
Bb majorBb             FF
 But I've no regrets and, that being said
G+G              C majorC A augmentedA D MajorD
You know, cheap thrills can get pretty old.
FF     C majorC  G+G
Yeah, yeah, oh yeah.


Intrerlude:
A augmentedA F#F# B minorBm  G+G D MajorD E7E7 A augmentedA Bb majorBb


Chorus:
    B minorBm      D MajorD     G+G
But the change didn't come overnight.
     B minorBm      D MajorD     G+G
I've been searching for you all my life.
    G+G             D MajorD
All the habits that I couldn't handle
E7E7     A augmentedA
I've swept them under the rug
   Bb majorBb            G+G
In exchange for the sweetest addiction:
A augmentedA        D MajorD
You, my elusive drug.


Outro:
   Bb majorBb            G+G
In exchange for the sweetest addiction:
A augmentedA        D MajorD
You, my elusive drug