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Across The River Thames

The Captain And The Kid

Across the River Thames
Elton John / Bernie Taupin
bonus track on limited editions 

Bb   Dm7       Gm       Eb    F
Oooh o-oh     Ooooh oh  o-ho o-ho  x2

Bb
Good taste at times I've sometimes lacked
  Ab/Bb            Eb
I won't deny the truth
		           Bb/D
I got dressed up as Donald Duck
                 F   F/G    F/A
Making up for my repressed youth
Bb
Disco balls and spandex pants
    Ab/Bb         Eb
On questionable friends
      Bb/D    	  	      F      F/G       F/Ab  F/A   Bb
Disco died but the fog still rolled across the  Ri - ver  Thames

Bb
Snarling they just came along
    Ab/Bb          Eb
And cut us to the quick
                      Bb/D
Called us a bunch of dinosaurs
         F     F/G     F/A
And gave us a load of sticks
Bb
Told us that the times was changing
    Ab7Bb                Eb
And all good things must end
              Bb/D		     F       F/G      F/Ab  F/A    Bb
But I'm still here and the fog still rolls across the Ri -  ver   Thames

Gm              D/F#
Nelson's on his column
Bb/F              C/E
Ravens are in the Tower
Eb            Bb/D
Big Ben never lost his voice
Am7              D
Chimes on every hour
         Gm          	        D/F#
And the fog still rolls off the River Thames
     Bb/F              C/E
The forecast calls for rain
 Eb                  Bb/D
London Bridge ain't falling down
     D    D/Eb  D/E  D/F#   Gm
And some things  ne - ver  change


Bb   Dm7       Gm       Eb    F
Oooh o-oh     Ooooh oh  o-ho o-ho 


Bb
The black-faced boys were holding tight
    Ab/Bb            Eb
And Thatcher's in a noose
		   Bb/D
Hair got teased beyond belief
       F          F/G    F/A
In the age of the golden goose
   Bb
The new romantics claimed the throne
   Ab/Bb              Eb
And we were wondering when
                    Bb/D                     F      F/G      F/Ab   F/A   Bb
But they lost their crown and the fog still rolled across the Ri  - ver  Thames

repeat chorus

Eb                 Bb/D
Big bold letters screaming out
   D7             Gm
A scandal in the house
Eb                 Bb/D
Dogs without their vocal chords
  D7           Gm
Careers going south
         Eb                F/Eb
What the eye can't see the eye invents
    Bb/D               Eb
The truth was meant to bend
             Bb/D                      f      F/G      F/Ab  F/A   Bb
But nothing changed and the fog still rolled across the Ri  - ver Thames

Bb - Eb7 - Eb - Bb/D - D7

repeat chorus

Eb                  Bb/D
London Bridge ain't falling down
     D    D/Eb  D/E  D/F#   Gm
And some things  ne - ver  change

Bb   Dm7       Gm       Eb    F
Oooh o-oh     Ooooh oh  o-ho o-ho  x2

Bb - Cm/Bb - Bb - Cm/Bb - Bb - Cm/Bb - Bb