WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Elvis Costello - Rocking Horse Road Chords | Ver. 1
Intro: G C D C (same pattern through the first part of the verses)
G C D C G C D C
The chains from the bridle and the reins fell from my hands
G C D C G C D C
The engines are idle and the ship sails on dry land
Em Bm Am Bm C
I stood there stupefied, I thought I recog-nized
C D
Walking down Rocking Horse Road, getting lost
G C D C
G C D C G C D C
Shot through Vaseline, he picks up the paper from the lawn
G C D C G C D C
And tucks the Suburban Assassin underneath his arm
Em Bm Am Bm C
He smiles weakly and turns away. I know I'll never come to harm
C D(? I don't think this is right, but the bass makes it hard to figure)
Walking down Rocking Horse Road, it's so peaceful
F#m Bm
It's like a photograph
F#m Bm
From the other side of the world
Am Bm C
I said "I want you only"
Am Bm C
And then I left you alone
Am Bm C D (tacit)
Crying on Rocking Horse Road, or somewhere quite like it
[Louder] G C D C
G C D D
[Back to standard verse level] G C D C (x2)
G C D C G C D C
The cemetery gardens, there are names not numbers on the gateposts
G C D C G C D C
And the eyes in the curtain follow you like a smirking ghost
Em Bm Am Bm C
I know I must not look back, 'cause part of me is waiting still
C
There on Rocking Horse Road for you
Am
In a little dream house made for two
C D G C
Well you were the one who made your escape
C D G C
In your stocking feet and your sticky tape
[Outro and fade, repeating with variation:]
C D G C
All the way down...
