NIKITA Year: 1985 Album: ICE ON FIRE Writers: Elton John\ Bernie Taupin G Bm C Am7 G\B C G Bm Bm7 C C#dim Dsus G Bm C F\C Hey Nikita is it cold C G C\G G In your little corner of the world D7\F# D\F# D7 You could roll around the globe G C\G G7 And never find a warmer soul to know Am G\B C Dm C Oh I saw you by the wall G C\G G Ten of your tin soldiers in a row D7\F# D\F# D7\F# With eyes that looked like ice on fire G C\G G7 The human heart a captive in the snow Am G\B C Dm\C C G C\G Oh Nikita You will never know anything about my home G D C\D D7 I'll never know how good it feels to hold you (Oh___!) G C\G G7 Nikita I need you so Am G\B C Dm\C C G C\G Oh Nikita is the other side of any given line in time G D Counting ten tin soldiers in a row Em D7\F# D G Bm D\B C#dim Dsus Oh no, Nikita you'll never know G Bm C C\F Do you ever dream of me C G C\G G Do you ever see the letters that I write D C\D D7 When you look up through the wire G C\G G7 Nikita do you count the stars at night Am G\B C Dm\C C And if there comes a time G C\G G Guns and gates no longer hold you in D7 C\D D7 And if you're free to make a choice G C\G G7 Just look towards the west and find a friend (CHORUS) *G Bm Bm7 C F\C C C C G\B F\A Bb Eb Ab6\Eb G7\D Cm Ab D7sus G7* (CHORUS) G Bm Bm7 C (Oh_____!) Nikita, Am G\B C D G Counting ten tin soldiers in a row. *The Instrumental Bridge should be played with single notes in an upper register. A good effect would be using a trumpet or brass ensemble setting on a synthesizer keyboard, but piano also works. Follow the recording for the proper notes.