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Healing Hands

Sleeping With The Past

"Healing Hands"
Music By: Elton John
Words By; Bernie Taupin


key:Bb major
time:4/4

intro: Bb F Bb | Bb F Bb F| F  repeat|

Bb                      F
I never dreamed I could cry so hard
Gm7               Dm7
That ain't like a man
Eb                 F    Bb C  D
I could fly like a bird some days
      Eb                  F
Had a place where I could land
Bb                         F
I could have sworn we were all locked in
Gm7                 Dm7
Ain't that what you said
        Eb            F    Bb C D
I never knew it could hurt so   bad
Eb                        F
When the power of love is dead



Gm
But giving into the nighttime
Eb
Ain't no cure for the pain
C/E
You gotta wade into the water
          F                    key change:D major
You gotta learn to live again

D                        G
And reach out for her healing hands
                  A       D          G  D
Reach out for her healing hands
          Bm                Em
There's a light, where the darkness ends
         A              D
Touch me now and let me see again
        Gm          G/A A  G/A G   D     G/D G/D ect...
Rock me now in your gentle healing hands

key change:Bb




Bb                        F
I never knew love like poison
Gm7                F
That burned like a fire
Eb            F         Bb C D
All I ever wanted was a reason
Eb               F                   Eb  Bb
To drown in your eyes
Bb                    F
I never knew sleep so restless
Gm7           F
Empty arms so cold
Eb             F           Bb    C  D
That's not the way it's supposed to be
Eb                            F
It ain't the spell that I was sold

repeat chorus
instrumental break: Gm  |  Eb  |  F  |  Bb  |  Gm  | Eb  | F  | F7  |

outro
D  |  G  G/A  |  D   |  G  G/A  | repeat chorus till fade