Tambourine chords by Elton John

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

Verse 1

G                 D/F#           C/E      G/D
It feels like I'm flying, when I see your face
    A7/C#                     Dsus4   D
I'm charged with a power, of amazing grace
   G          D/F#       C/E       G/D
A flip switch signal, on permanent green
         B7         Emin  G/D  A/C#, D, 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
F            C/E     Eb             D
Smack in the middle, toss it in the air
Eb            Bb              Bb/F Bb
I don't care, you can play me anywhere
F          C/E      Eb              D
Rolled and rattled, when I'm out of steam
Cmin7           D              C/E,D/F#,G
You got my head ringing like a tambourine

Verse 3 Same Chords as Verse 1

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

Chorus Same Chords as above Chorus

Bridge
Bmin7                C            G
You're a spin around gypsy in the moonlight
C       G               D
Cymbals flashing in the firelight
Bmin7           C      G         A7
I'm freefalling into a dream, my head and heart banging
       D, A/E, D/F#
Like a tambourine     (Solo: Verse Chords, Chorus, Ending: Intro Chords)