American Triangle
Songs from the West Coast
AMERICAN TRIANGLE
Year: 2001
Album: Intended for Elton's next album release some time in 2001
Writers: Elton John\ Bernie Taupin
Cm G\B F\A Fm G Cm Ab Bb Eb
Eb Bb
Seen him playing in his backyard
Ab Eb
Young boy just starting out
Bb G7\B Cm
So much history in this landscape
Db G
So much confusion, so much doubt
Eb Bb
Been there drinking on that front porch
Ab Eb
Angry kids, mean and dumb
Bb G7\B Cm
Looks like a painting, that blue skyline
Db G
God hates fags where we come from
Ab Eb
'Western skies' don't make it right
Bb G7\B Cm
'Home of the brave' don't make no sense
G7
I've seen a scarecrow wrapped in wire
Cm
Left to die on a high ridge fence
Ab
It's a cold, cold wind
Eb\G
It's a cold, cold wind
Cm G\B Cm G\B F\A Fm G Cm Ab Bb Eb
It's a cold wind blowing, Wyoming
Eb Bb
See two coyotes run down a deer
Ab Eb
Hate what we don't understand
Bb G7\B Cm
You pioneers give us your children
Db G7\B
But it's your blood that stains their hands
(CHORUS)
G Cm
Somewhere that road forks up ahead
G Cm
To ignorance and innocence
Ab Bb
Three lives drift on different winds
G7\B Cm
Two lives ruined, once life spent
(CHORUS)
Ab Eb
'Western skies' don't make it right
Bb G7\B Cm
'Home of the brave' don't make no sense
G7
I've seen a scarecrow wrapped in wire
Cm
Left to die on a high ridge fence
Ab
It's a cold, cold wind
Eb\G
It's a cold, cold wind
Cm G\B Cm
It's a cold wind blowing, Wyoming
Ab
It's a cold, cold wind
Eb\G
It's a cold, cold wind
Cm G\B Cm Ab Fm G7\B Cm
It's a cold wind blowing, blowing, Wyo_________ming