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Sweet Painted Lady

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Elton John

Version
studio
published by
rafah
Tone
A-
A+
Slide
A -> La
Video
Chords
	 
[Intro]
[Verse]
G
I'm back on dry land once again
Gmaj7
Opportunity awaits me like a rat in
the drain
Opportunity awaits me like a rat in the drain
Dm G7
We're all hunting honey with money
C
to burn
We're all hunting honey with money to burn
Cm
Just a short time to show you the
G/B Am7
tricks that we've learned
D Daug
Just a short time to show you the tricks that we've learned
[Verse]
G
If the boys all behave themselves
here
If the boys all behave themselves here
Gmaj7
Well there's pretty young ladies and
beer in the rear
Well there's pretty young ladies and beer in the rear
Dm G7
You won't need a gutter to sleep
C
in tonight
You won't need a gutter to sleep in tonight
Cm G/B
Oh the prices I charge here will see
Am7 D Daug
you alright
Oh the prices I charge here will see you alright
[Verse]
G
So she lays down beside me again
Gmaj7
My sweet painted lady, the one with
no name
My sweet painted lady, the one with no name
Dm G7 C
Many have used her and many still do
Many have used her and many still do
Cm
There's a place in the world for a
G/B Am7 D
woman like you
There's a place in the world for a woman like you
[Chorus]
Daug G F#
Oh, sweet painted lady
F E7
Seems it's always been the same
Am7 D
Getting paid for being laid
G Am7
Guess that's the name of the game
D
Guess that's the name of the game
G F#
Oh sweet painted lady
F E7
Seems it's always been the same
Am7 D
Getting paid for being laid
G Am7
Guess that's the name of the game,
D G Daug
oh
Guess that's the name of the game, oh
[Verse]
G
Forget us we'll have gone very soon
Forget us we'll have gone very soon
Gmaj7
Just forget we ever slept in your
rooms
Just forget we ever slept in your rooms
Dm G7
And we'll leave the smell of the sea
C
in your beds
And we'll leave the smell of the sea in your beds
Cm G/B
Where love's just a job and nothing
Am7 D Daug
is said
Where love's just a job and nothing is said
[Verse]
G
So she lays down beside me again
Gmaj7
My sweet painted lady, the one with
no name
My sweet painted lady, the one with no name
Dm G7 C
Many have used her and many still do
Many have used her and many still do
Cm
There's a place in the world for a
G/B Am7 D Daug
woman like you
There's a place in the world for a woman like you
[Chorus]
G F#
Oh sweet painted lady
F E7
Seems it's always been the same
Am7 D
Getting paid for being laid
G Am7
Guess that's the name of the game
D
Guess that's the name of the game
G F#
Oh sweet painted lady
F E7
Seems it's always been the same
Am7 D
Getting paid for being laid
G Am7
Guess that's the name of the game,
D
oh
Guess that's the name of the game, oh
[Instrumental]
G F# F E7

Am7 D G Am7 D

G F# F E7

Am7 D G Am7 D G