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I Think I'm Gonna Kill Myself

Honky Château

I THINK I'M GONNA KILL MYSELF
   Year : 1972
  Album : Honky Chateau
Writers : Elton John & Bernie Taupin

Intro: Am / G/A-Am /    Am7 D/A Am7 /     D/A D/A-Am7 / D/A    Am7 / D/A Am7

             Am  D/E-Em       Am     D/A-Em  
I'm getting bored      being part of mankind-
      Am/E   G/D   C7     /G        C7-Am/C-C7 
     there's not a lot to do no more.
F7                       D  / G/D  D  /  G/D  D  G/D
This race is a waste of time.
Am /    /  G/A  Am /  Am7  G/B   C7 /         /E    /    C7
People rushing  everywhere,    -   swarming 'round like flies.
F7 /       /C  /  F7   /   /C  /  D      /        /A    /  E7
Think I'll buy a forty four    -    and give them all a surprise.


CHORUS:
C7 /  /G       /     C7   /  /G   /  D7 /  /A     /      D7 / /A    Fm/Ab
     Think I'm gonna kill myself.         Cause a little su-i-cide.
G7 /     /D     /    G7     /  /D   /  F7  /     /Eb  /D  C7  /G  Am7  Gm/Bb
  Stick around for a couple of days   -   what a scan-dal if  I   died!
C7 / /G        /      C7  /  /G  /  D7 / /A    /      D7  /    /A   Fm/Ab
     Yeah, I'm gonna kill myself.        Get a little headline news.
G7   /      /D   /       G7      /  /D  /G     F     /  /E  /D  Am/C
I'd like to see what the papers say     on the state of teenage blues.


Melody: C                 B  -  C  -  B      A  -  B   -  A                G-A-G
Chords: Am/C / / /   / / G/C - C/B - G/B     Am - G7/A - Am / /   / / Am/G   /
       blues.


Melody: F - G - F            E - F - E   D - E - D
Chords: F     /  / /    F / /E           Dm           E7 / / /


Am  /  /E  G/E  Am  /   /E  G/D  C7 /    /G   /  C7 / /G /
A rift in  my   family.          I can't use the car.
F7 /       /C /  F7     /    /C /F   D    /        /     /    /  / / /
I gotta be in by ten o'clock.         Who do they think they are?
Am  / /E      /  Am  /  /E  /A     C7   /   /G  /   C7  / / /
I'd   make an exception     if you want to save my life.
F7  /    /   /  F7/C   /    /F /      D7  /  /A /   E7
Brigitte Bardot gotta come        and see me every night.
 

CODA: E7 ///  C7 /A /G /E   /D   /C  /B  /C   D7 /F# /A /B   /C /B /C /C
                            Kill myself.                     Su-i- cide.   
G7 / / /F   /E /D /C /B   F  /A    /Bb /B  C  /  /   /   /C /G /C /B
                            What a scandal if I die.
C/A  /G   /E  /Eb   D7 /A /D /D   /C /B     /A /Ab   G / / /B  /G /F /E /D
Su - i - cide.                    Headline news.   
       F     /A /Bb /B  Am/C
On the state of teenage blues.
(REPEAT, FADE)

Chorded by David Bisese
Edited by Rob Davies