Love Lies Bleeding
Elton John
From the Album-"Goodbye Yellow Brick Road"
1973
Written by Elton John/Bernie Taupin
Tabbed by Ray Scheidler


(Continued from "Funeral For A Friend)

Intro/Main Riff: A AAA ACC CCC CGG FF G (Twice)


     A
The roses in the window box

             E
Have tilted to one side

A            D
Everything about this house

             Bm       B
Was born to grow and die

        A                  F#m
And it doesn't seem a year ago

              Bm D
To this very day

              A
You said I'm sorry honey

      E
If I don't change the pace

   D                  D  D D
I can't face another day

F#5             Bm            E
And love lies bleeding in my hand

      F#5                   Bm
Oh it kills me to think of you

              E
With another man

        A
I was playing rock 'n' roll

              Bm
And you were just a fan

        A
But my guitar couldn't hold you

        D        D/Am
So I split the band

F#5         E             A   (Inro/Main Riff)
Love lies bleeding in my hand

    A
I wonder if those changes

              E
Have left a scar on you

     A                D
Like all the burning hoops of fire

             Bm          B
That you and I passed through

           A                     F#m
You're a bluebird on a telephone line

                     Bm D
I hope you're happy now

             A
Well if the wind of change

       E
Comes down your way girl

        D
You'll make it back somehow

F#5             Bm            E
And love lies bleeding in my hand

      F#5                   Bm
Oh it kills me to think of you

              E
With another man

        A
I was playing rock 'n' roll

              Bm
And you were just a fan

        A
But my guitar couldn't hold you

        D        D/Am
So I split the band

F#5         E             A   (Inro/Main Riff)
Love lies bleeding in my hand


(Interlude): Variation Of Intro/Main Riff


F#5             Bm            E
And love lies bleeding in my hand

      F#5                   Bm
Oh it kills me to think of you

              E
With another man

        A
I was playing rock 'n' roll

              Bm
And you were just a fan

        A
But my guitar couldn't hold you

        D        D/Am
So I split the band

F#5         E             A   (Inro/Main Riff)
Love lies bleeding in my hand

(Outro) Intro/Main Riff W/Ad-Lib Lead Fills