Smokestack Children
E. John/B. Taupin
1968 demo

Ab-Db-Ab
Ab-Gb-Db
Ab

                        Cm
Down fire escapes, they must escape
   F                  Bbm
To clearer skies and kissing gates
      Eb
From books of verse and poetry
    Ab
To singing grass and raging seas
    Db                      Ab              Eb/Bb
Embroidered on the tapestry   of children's faces

Ab          Db/Ab            Ab       Eb/G
The jury's verdict finds us guilty
Ab          Db/Ab           Ab        Eb/G
Smokestack children sleep uneasy
C/G      C7/G            Ab
Burdens borne by tiny hands
     Db                 Eb
Pile up like grains of sand

Abm
The jury's verdict finds us guilty
Eb
Smokestack children sleep uneasy
Abm
The jury's verdict finds us guilty
Eb7
Smokestack children sleep uneasy
   
      Ab                  Cm
Like hungry hawks, their gossip talks
   F            Bbm
Of innocence on iron catwalks
    Eb
The child is raised on factory fumes
    Ab
The sirens sound late afternoon
     Db
The smokestack children die too soon
 Ab                 Eb/Bb
Burst on Earth like toy balloons

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