The Diving Board chords by Elton John

• Difficulty: Advanced 🤯

Key: Eb

Verse 1:
N.C.    Eb                   Ebdim7
Took a high dive arcing out wide
              Bb   Bbsus4   Bb
Into the crowd
    Ab(b5)/D    Eb                     Ebm
Out to the sound of their wild applause
                          Bb   Dm/A  G
But you've heard it before
                       Cm
And you've seen it all
     Db                 Ab    Gm
From up there on the diving board

Verse 2:
       Eb                 Ebdim7
You'd free fall into the ether
             Bb   Bbsus4   Bb
Above the people
    Ab(b5)/D        Eb                  Ebm
Out   on      a limb fragile and adored
                         Bb   Dm/A   G
But who below knows that
                      Cm
You're still a mystery
Db              Ab    Gm
Way up on the diving board


Chorus:
             Cm            D7
Sink or swim
I can't recall
     Gm                         Em7b5
Who said that to me? When I was sixteen
    Ab6                          Gm   G
And full of the world and its noise
                 Cm
But you beat the drum
                         D7
You fell in love with it all
             Gm                   G
The planets alight, those dizzy heights
        Db/Eb         Ab      Gm
And the view from the diving board


Verse 3:
         Eb                           Ebdim7
Took the grand prize you and your eyes
               Bb   Bbsus4   Bb
Butterfly light
   Ab(b5)/D       Eb
Escaping      the reach
                         Ebm
Of their fangs and their claws
                         Bb   Dm/A   G
Such a pale little thing
                   Cm
In your lily-white skin
Db               Ab         Gm
High up on the diving board


Chorus:
             Cm            D7
Sink or swim
I can't recall
     Gm                         Em7b5
Who said that to me? When I was sixteen
    Ab6                          Gm   G
And full of the world and its noise
                 Cm
But you beat the drum
                         D7
You fell in love with it all
             Gm                   G
The planets alight, those dizzy heights
        Db/Eb         Ab      Gm
And the view from the diving board


Instrumental:
Eb Ebdim7 Bb Eb Ebm Bb Dm/A G Cm Db Ab Gm


Chorus:
             Cm            D7
Sink or swim
I can't recall
     Gm                         Em7b5
Who said that to me? When I was sixteen
    Ab6                          Gm   G
And full of the world and its noise
                 Cm
But you beat the drum
                         D7
You fell in love with it all
             Gm                   G
The planets alight, those dizzy heights
        Db/Eb         Ab      Gm
And the view from the diving board
        Db/Eb         Ab      Gm
And the view from the diving board


Outro:
Eb Ebdim7 Bb Dm/A G Cm Db Ab Gm