WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Elton John - American Triangle Chords | Ver. 1
[Intro]
Cm G/B Cm/Bb Fm/Ab
G7/F Cm/Eb Ab Bbsus
[Verse 1]
Eb Eb/G Bb
Seen him playing in his backyard
Ab Eb
Young boy just starting out
Bb Cm
So much history in this landscape
Db Bb
So much confusion, so much doubt
[Verse 2]
Eb Eb/G Bb
Been there drinking on that front porch
Ab Eb
Angry kids, mean and dumb
Bb Cm
Looks like a painting, that blue skyline
Db Fm/C G/B
God hates fags where we come from
[Chorus]
Ab Eb
'Western skies' don't make it right
Bb G/B Cm
'Home of the brave' don't make no sense
G/D
I've seen a scarecrow wrapped in wire
Cm/Eb
Left to die on a high ridge fence
Fm
It's a cold, cold wind
Eb/G
It's a cold, cold wind
F7/A G/B Cm
It's a cold wind blowing, Wyoming
[Interlude]
G/B Cm/Bb Fm/Ab G7/F Cm/Eb Ab6 Bbsus
[Verse 3]
Eb Bb
See two coyotes run down a deer
Ab Eb
Hate what we don't understand
Bb Cm
You pioneers give us your children
Db Fm/C G/B
But it's your blood that stains their hands
[Chorus]
Ab Eb
'Western skies' don't make it right
Bb G/B Cm
'Home of the brave' don't make no sense
G/D
I've seen a scarecrow wrapped in wire
Cm/Eb
Left to die on a high ridge fence
Fm
It's a cold, cold wind
Eb/G
It's a cold, cold wind
F7/A G/B Cm
It's a cold wind blowing, Wyoming
[Bridge]
G/B Cm
Somewhere that road forks up ahead
G7/F Cm/Eb
To ignorance and innocence
Ab Bb
Three lives drift on different winds
G7/B Cm Cm/Bb
Two lives ruined, one life spent
[Chorus]
Ab Eb
'Western skies' don't make it right
Bb G/B Cm
'Home of the brave' don't make no sense
G/D
I've seen a scarecrow wrapped in wire
Cm/Eb
Left to die on a high ridge fence
Fm
It's a cold, cold wind
Eb/G
It's a cold, cold wind
F7/A G/B Cm Bb
It's a cold wind blowing, Wyoming
[Outro]
Bb Fm/Ab
It's a cold, cold wind
Eb/G
It's a cold, cold wind
F7/A G/B Cm Ab Eb/Bb G7/B Cm
It's a cold wind blow-ing, blowing, Wy-o---o-----ming