John Elton - Ballad Of Danny Bailey Chords

THE BALLAD OF DANNY BAILEY - Elton John
1973, © Rocket Records

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Some punk with a shotgun killed young Danny Bailey
Bm                               C
In cold blood, in the lobby of a downtown motel
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Killed him in anger, a force he couldn't handle
C      Em                    F
Helped pull the trigger that cut short his life
            Am7                   Bb
And there's not many knew him the way that we did
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Sure enough he was a wild one, but then aren't most hungry kids, oh
A    G   F    Em
Woah-oh, woah-oh, oh,

D/A          Am         Bm  Bsus4  Bm    Bsus4 Bm  
Now it's all over Danny Bailey
E/B           G/D   A/E     D
      And the har - vest is in
C           C/B   Bb   D/A
Dillinger's dead, woah-oh  
C/G             G/B       D 
    I guess the cops won again
D            Am         Bm  Bsus4  Bm    Bsus4 Bm
Now it's all over Danny Bailey

E/B           G/D   A/E     D
      And the har - vest is in
 
We're running short of heroes back up here in the hills
Without Danny Bailey we're gonna have to break up our stills
So mark his grave well `cause Kentucky loved him
Born and raised a proper, I guess life just bugged him
And he found faith in danger, a lifestyle he lived by
A running gun youngster in a sad restless age

Waoh-oh, woah-oh, oh,

Now it's all over Danny Bailey
And the harvest is in
Dillinger's dead
I guess the cops won again
Now it's all over Danny Bailey
And the harvest is in



Bm  /   C   /   Bm   /   C   /  Bm Bsus4 Bm Bsus4


Bm  /   C   /   Bm   /   C  /  (repeat ‘til fade)