Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me bass tab by Elton John

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               Don’t Let The Sun Go Down on Me - Elton John
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Tuning: Standard


Verse 1: "I can’t light no more of your darkness..."


Verse 2:
"Too late"            "to save myself from falling" ... "and changed your way of life"
G|-9\----------------|-------------------------|---------------------------------|
D|-------------------|-------------------------|---------------------------------|
A|------2------------|-2--5--3----3------------|----------3---------------7\-----|
E|--------3-----3-3--|------------------0--1---|-1----5-------3----3-3---------3-|

"But you misread"      "my meaning when I met you"       "Close the door"
G|-------------------|----------------------------------|-------------------|
D|-------------------|----------------------------------|-------------------|
A|-------------------|---2--5--3-------------3-3--------|-------------------|
E|---------------3-3-|------------------------------0-1-|---------------1-1-|

"left me blinded by the light"
G|---------------------------------------------|
D|---------------------------------------------|
A|-------3---------------------------------0-2-|
E|---5-------3----3-3-3-3---3-3-3----3---3-----|


Chorus: "Don’t Let the Sun go down on me..."                    "fragment of your life..."
G|--------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------|
D|--------------------------|----------------------------------|----------------------------|
A|-3----3-3--------1----1-1-|-3-1------------------------------|----------------------------|
E|-------------1-3----------|-----5----5-5--3--2----2-2----2-3-|--3-3----3-3-3-3------3-3---|

"To wonder free..."                 "But losing everything is like the sun going down on me."
G|---------------------------------|----------|------------------|
D|--------------------0------------|----------|---2-3--5---------|
A|---0-2--3----3-3------3-1----1-1-|-3-1-0----|-5-------------3--|
E|-3-------------------------------|----------|------------3-----|


Interlude: *Piano*


Verse 2:
"I can’t find              Oh the right romantic line"        "But see me once"
G|-----------------------------------------------------------|----------------|
D|-----------------------------------------------------2---3-|-----3----------|
A|-7\----------------------2--5--3----3-3----3--3-3-3--------|---3------------|
E|------3----3-3----3----3-----------------------------------|----------------|

"and see the way I feel"        "Don’t discard me" "just because you think I mean you harm"
G|-2--------------------5-4-2-|-------------------|------------------------------|
D|----3----5-------5----------|-------------------|------------------------------|
A|---------------5------------|-------------------|-2--5--3-------------3--------|
E|----------------------------|-3----3-3----3-3---|----------------1-3-------0-1-|

"But these cuts I have" "they need love..."
G|--------------------|------------------------------|
D|--------------------|------------------------------|
A|--------------------|----3---------------------0-2-|
E|--------------1-1---|-5-----3---3-3-3---3----3-----|


Chorus: "Don’t Let the Sun go down on me..."                    "fragment of your life..."
G|--------------------------|----------------------------------|---------------------------|
D|--------------------------|----------------------------------|---------5-5---------------|
A|-3----3-3--------1----1-1-|-3-1------------------------------|----------------------2--5-|
E|-------------1-3----------|-----5----5-5--3--2----2-2----2-3-|--3-3--------3----3-3------|

"To wonder free..."                 "is like the sun going down on me..."
G|-----------------------------------|-------------------|
D|---------------0-------------------|----2-3--5---------|
A|-3----3-3-3------3-1----1-1----1-0-|-5--------------3--|
E|-----------------------------------|-------------3-----|

G|----------------------------------------------|
D|--5-------------------------------------------|
A|----3--------1----1-1----3-2-0----0--------1--|
E|---------1-3---------------------------4------|


Chorus: "Don’t Let the Sun go down on me..."  "Although I search myself..."
G|----------------------------------|---------------------------|
D|-------------------------------8\-|---------------------------|
A|-3---3-3-3--------1----1-1-1------|-0----0-0------------------|
E|--------------1-3-----------------|-------------3--2----0-1-2-|

"I’d just allow a fragment of your life to wander free"
G|------------------------------------------5----------------------------------|
D|--------------------------------------------3--------7-5---------------7-5---|
A|--------------------------------0-2-5-3-------3----------------------------0-|
E|-3----3-3-3----3-3-3---3-3-3-3---------------------6-----6----6-6----6-------|

"But losing everything" "is like the sun going down on me..."
G|--------------------|------------------|---------------------------------------------------|
D|--------------------|----2-3--5--------|---------------------------------------------------|
A|--------------------|-5--------------3-|--3-3-3----3--1---1-1-1--1--0---0-0-0--0-0----1--3-|
E|--------------------|-------------3----|-------------------------------------------4-------|

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