The Wasteland

Music by Elton John
Lyrics by Bernie Taupin
Available on the album Songs From The West Coast

Gm    C    Bb    Gm
Gm    C    Bb    Gm

                          Eb7
Some days I think it's all a dream
C                                   F                    D/F#  D7/F#
The things I've done, the places that I've been
Gm                      Eb7
This life of mine seemed surreal at times
            C                        Dsus4       D     Gm
Wasted days and nights in someone else's mind

C    Bb    Gm
Gm    C    Bb    Gm

Could it be I'm not for real?
I've slapped my face to check out how I feel
There's hostages to prove it's true
Who lives behind the mask was never proved

F                         Bb
Come on Robert Johnson
F                               Bb
Though we're worlds apart
Eb                    Eb/D
You and I know what it's like
              C#mb5       D
With the devil in our heart
      Cm                          Gm
You sold your soul at the crossroads
          Fm6/G#               G7
Kept a little of mine on hand
     Eb       C/E      F          D/F#
I'm wading out this muddy water
        Gm        F        Eb  D Gm
Been stranded in the Wasteland

Rattling chains all around my bed
Ghosts can laugh but they're already dead
I'm not dying and I'm far from gone
The blues man spent his candle but his pain lives on
  
Gm    C    Bb    Gm
(the above line repeats and when you want to end-->)
Gm    F    Eb     D Gm
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