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Daniel

Don't Shoot Me I'm Only The Piano Player

DANIEL

Year:  1973
Album:  DON'T SHOOT ME I'M ONLY THE PIANO PLAYER
Writers:  Elton John\ Bernie Taupin

(C  Dm  G  C)*

F  C  F

C				    Dm
Daniel is travelling tonight on a plane

G			      E           E7\B Am
I can see the red tail lights heading for Spai__n

Am  G F          G		    Am
Oh and I can see Daniel waving goodbye

       F		 G	      F\G    C\G F\G C    (C  G)*  F
God it looks like Daniel, must be the clouds in  my  eyes


C        F        C                        Dm
They say Spain is pretty though I've never been

G					       E E7\B	 Am
Well Daniel says it's the best place that he's e_____ver seen

Am G   F         G    		        Am
Oh and he should know, he's been there enough

G    F 		    G	 F\G  C\G G  C    F C
Lord I miss Daniel, oh I miss him so much


    F			      C
Oh, Daniel my brother you are older than me

	     F			  C
Do you still feel the pain of the scars that won't heal

C    C    G\B  Am	             G    F  G
Your eyes have died but you see more than I

Ab		C   A\C#                   Dm	G
Daniel you're a star    in the face of the sky

(INSTRUMENTAL VERSE)

(CHORUS)

C				    Dm
Daniel is travelling tonight on a plane

G			      E           E7\B Am
I can see the red tail lights heading for Spai__n

Am  G F          G		    Am
Oh and I can see Daniel waving goodbye

       F		 G	      F\G    C\G F\G C    
God it looks like Daniel, must be the clouds in  my  eyes

           F		      G	          F\G    C\G F\G C    
Oh, God it looks like Daniel, must be the clouds in  my  eyes.


(C  Dm  G  C)*

F  C


*Use descending 6th intervals for this one.

EXAMPLE:
C  e d c b b a  d e f c c b  g f e d c b c
   g f e d d c  a g f e e d  b a g f e d c

Use these throughout the song.