Cry To Heaven

CRY TO HEAVEN

Year:  1985
Album:  ICE ON FIRE
Writers:  Elton John\ Bernie Taupin

Use a lot of melodic embelleshments in the right hand on this one.  
These are merely basic chordings.
Listen to the recording to get ideas, but don't be afraid to improvise.
This is a song you can really express yourself with and make your own, so use this opportunity as well as possible.

Am  F  Am  F

	  Am		     F            G
I found a black beret on the street today

       Am
It was lying in the gutter all torn

          C\G        F                G
There's a white flag flying on a tall building

        E9\G#		         E
But the kids just watch the storm


	    Am			 F	G
Their dirty faces pressed on the windows

	  Am
Shattered glass before their eyes

	  C\G	  F			  G
There's a mad dog barking in a burned out subway

          E9\G#		        E
Where the sniper sleeps at night


	    Am	 	   F
No birthday songs to sing again

		G      E7\G#   Am
Just bricks and stones to give them

C\G	  F		      G
Wrap them up in your father's flags

		    E\G#   E
And let them cry to heaven


	    Am	 	   F
No birthday songs to sing again

		G      E7\G#   Am
Just bricks and stones to give them

C\G	  F		      G
Wrap them up in your father's flags

		    E\G#   E
And let them cry to heaven


	  Am		   F
There are many graves by a cold lake

       G		   Am
As the beds were when your babies are born

         C\G	  F			G
And your rag doll sits with a permanent grin

        E9\G# 		    E
But the kids just watch the storm


	Am		  F	      G
I saw a black cat tease a white mouse

	 Am
Until he killed it with his claws

	C\G    F		G
Seems a lot of countries do the same thing

E9\G#		  E
Before they go to war

(CHORUS)

                Am     F
Let them cry to heaven

                Am     F
Let them cry to heaven

         G      Am
Let them cry to heaven