Tambourine chords by Elton John

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard tuning

Difficulty: advanced

Tambourine    Elton John       Transcribed by Steve Oros

Intro: G, D/F#, C/E, G/D, C, (D6, D,) Cadd9, G+G

Verse 1

G+G         D/F#D/F#      C/EC/E   G/DG/D
It feels like I'm flying, when I see your face
  A7/C#           Dsus4Dsus4  D MajorD
I'm charged with a power, of amazing grace
  G+G     D/F#D/F#    C/EC/E    G/DG/D
A augmentedA flip switch signal, on permanent green
     B7B7     Emin G/DG/D A/C#, D, G+G
Like the palm of my hand, on a tambourine

Verse 2  Same Chords as Verse 1
Dumb rocks filling up, my poor head
Did you just say, what I thought you said
First cat back here gets the cream
And bounce a little rhythm off my tambourine

Chorus
FF      C/EC/E   Eb MajorEb       D MajorD
Smack in the middle, toss it in the air
Eb MajorEb      Bb majorBb       Bb/FBb/F Bb majorBb
I don't care, you can play me anywhere
FF     C/EC/E   Eb MajorEb       D MajorD
Rolled and rattled, when I'm out of steam
Cmin7      D MajorD       C/E,D/F#,G
You got my head ringing like a tambourine

Verse 3 Same Chords as Verse 1

A augmentedA curveball coming, that I didn't see
A augmentedA flash flood washing out a dried up creek
A augmentedA went in muddy, but I came out clean
Like a Baptist banging on a tambourine

Chorus Same Chords as above Chorus

Bridge
Bmin7        C majorC      G+G
You're a spin around gypsy in the moonlight
C majorC    G+G        D MajorD
Cymbals flashing in the firelight
Bmin7      C majorC   G+G     A7A7
I'm freefalling into a dream, my head and heart banging
    D, A/E, D/F#D/F#
Like a tambourine   (Solo: Verse Chords, Chorus, Ending: Intro Chords)

Tambourine chords

"Tambourine" is a song off of Sir Elton John's 32nd(!) album, "Wonderful Crazy Night". The album was Elton John's first album in 10 years.

"Tambourine" is written by Elton John and his long time writing partner Bernie Taupin. The album, and "Tambourine", was released on February 5, 2016.

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