I'm Still Standing
Elton John (w/Bernie Taupin, 1983)
4/4 | d - D - d u D u |
1 2 3 & 4 &
Intro
| [Am] | [Dm] | [E7] | [E7] [F↓][G↓] |
| [Am] | [Dm] | [E7] | [E7] [F↓][G↓] |
| [A] You could never know | [D] what it's like
your | [E7] blood like winter freezes | [A] just like ice
and there's | [D] cold lonely light that | [D] shines from [E7] you
you'll | [F#m] wind up like the wreck you | [D] hide
behind that | [A] mask you use | [A] |
| [A] And did you think this fool could | [D] never win
Well, | [E7] look at me I'm comin' | [A] back again
I got a | [D] taste of love in a | [D] simple [E7] way
and if you | [F#m] need to know while I'm still | [D] standing,
you just | [A] fade away | [A]
Chorus
Don't you know | [Am] I'm still | standing better than I | [Em7] ever did | [Em7]
Lookin' like a | [Dm] true survivor, | ...feelin' like a | [F] little kid | [G] |
| [Am] I'm still | standing after | [Em7] all this time | [Em7]
Pickin' up the | [Dm] pieces of my | life without you | [E7] on my mind | [E7]
I'm still | [Am] standing, | [Dm] yeah, yeah, | [E7] yeah | [E7]
I'm still | [Am] standing, | [Dm] yeah, yeah, | [E7] yeah | [E7] [F↓][G↓] |
| [A] Once I never could've | [D] hope to win
you | [E7] staring down the road leaving | [A] me again
The | [D] threats you made were meant to | [D] cut me [E7] down
and if our | [F#m] love was just a | [D] circus,
you'd be a | [A] clown by now | [A]
Chorus
You know | [Am] I'm still | standing better than I | [Em7] ever did | [Em7]
Lookin' like a | [Dm] true survivor, | feelin' like a | [F] little kid | [G] |
| [Am] I'm still | standing after | [Em7] all this time | [Em7]
Pickin' up the | [Dm] pieces of my | life without you | [E7] on my mind | [E7]
I'm still | [Am] standing, | [Dm] yeah, yeah, | [E7] yeah | [E7]
I'm still | [Am] standing, | [Dm] yeah, yeah, | [E7] yeah | [E7] [F↓][G↓] |
Instrumental
| [A] | [D] | [E7] | [A]
| [Bm7] | [E7] | [F#m] | [D]
| [A] | [A]
Chorus
Don't you know | [Am] I'm still | standing better than I | [Em7] ever did | [Em7]
Lookin' like a | [Dm] true survivor, | ...feelin' like a | [F] little kid | [G] |
| [Am] I'm still | standing after | [Em7] all this time | [Em7]
Pickin' up the | [Dm] pieces of my | life without you | [E7] on my mind | [E7]
I'm still | [Am] standing, | [Dm] yeah, yeah, | [E7] yeah | [E7]
I'm still | [Am] standing, | [Dm] yeah, yeah, | [E7] yeah | [E7] [F↓][G↓] |
I'm still | [Am] standing, | [Dm] yeah, yeah, | [E7] yeah | [E7] [F↓][G↓] | [Am↓]
#Capo on 1st fret to play along with original.
#Last Updated 01/06/20 JJ
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Elton John (w/Bernie Taupin, 1983)
4/4 | d - D - d u D u |
1 2 3 & 4 &
Intro
| [Am] | [Dm] | [E7] | [E7] [F↓][G↓] |
| [Am] | [Dm] | [E7] | [E7] [F↓][G↓] |
| [A] You could never know | [D] what it's like
your | [E7] blood like winter freezes | [A] just like ice
and there's | [D] cold lonely light that | [D] shines from [E7] you
you'll | [F#m] wind up like the wreck you | [D] hide
behind that | [A] mask you use | [A] |
| [A] And did you think this fool could | [D] never win
Well, | [E7] look at me I'm comin' | [A] back again
I got a | [D] taste of love in a | [D] simple [E7] way
and if you | [F#m] need to know while I'm still | [D] standing,
you just | [A] fade away | [A]
Chorus
Don't you know | [Am] I'm still | standing better than I | [Em7] ever did | [Em7]
Lookin' like a | [Dm] true survivor, | ...feelin' like a | [F] little kid | [G] |
| [Am] I'm still | standing after | [Em7] all this time | [Em7]
Pickin' up the | [Dm] pieces of my | life without you | [E7] on my mind | [E7]
I'm still | [Am] standing, | [Dm] yeah, yeah, | [E7] yeah | [E7]
I'm still | [Am] standing, | [Dm] yeah, yeah, | [E7] yeah | [E7] [F↓][G↓] |
| [A] Once I never could've | [D] hope to win
you | [E7] staring down the road leaving | [A] me again
The | [D] threats you made were meant to | [D] cut me [E7] down
and if our | [F#m] love was just a | [D] circus,
you'd be a | [A] clown by now | [A]
Chorus
You know | [Am] I'm still | standing better than I | [Em7] ever did | [Em7]
Lookin' like a | [Dm] true survivor, | feelin' like a | [F] little kid | [G] |
| [Am] I'm still | standing after | [Em7] all this time | [Em7]
Pickin' up the | [Dm] pieces of my | life without you | [E7] on my mind | [E7]
I'm still | [Am] standing, | [Dm] yeah, yeah, | [E7] yeah | [E7]
I'm still | [Am] standing, | [Dm] yeah, yeah, | [E7] yeah | [E7] [F↓][G↓] |
Instrumental
| [A] | [D] | [E7] | [A]
| [Bm7] | [E7] | [F#m] | [D]
| [A] | [A]
Chorus
Don't you know | [Am] I'm still | standing better than I | [Em7] ever did | [Em7]
Lookin' like a | [Dm] true survivor, | ...feelin' like a | [F] little kid | [G] |
| [Am] I'm still | standing after | [Em7] all this time | [Em7]
Pickin' up the | [Dm] pieces of my | life without you | [E7] on my mind | [E7]
I'm still | [Am] standing, | [Dm] yeah, yeah, | [E7] yeah | [E7]
I'm still | [Am] standing, | [Dm] yeah, yeah, | [E7] yeah | [E7] [F↓][G↓] |
I'm still | [Am] standing, | [Dm] yeah, yeah, | [E7] yeah | [E7] [F↓][G↓] | [Am↓]
#Capo on 1st fret to play along with original.
#Last Updated 01/06/20 JJ
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