Elton John       (Listen to midi)    (Listen to sample)

 

    Am - Dm - E      F-G (2x)

 

    A                               D

1.    You could never know what it's like,

                E                                  A

    your blood like winter freezes just like ice.

                          F#m                            D                E

    And there's a cold lonely light that shines from you,

             F#m                                      D                         A

    you'll wind up like the wreck you hide behind that mask you use.

                                           

     A                                                       D

2.      And did you think this fool could never win?

               E                                  A

    Well, look at me, I'm coming back again !

               F#m                     D          E

    I got a taste of love in a simple way,

                      F#m                                      D                        A

     and if you need to know while I'm still standing you just fade away.

 

                          Am                                         Em  

Don't you know, I'm still standing better than I ever did,

                      Dm                                      F            - G

looking like a true survivor, feeling like a little kid.

Am                            Em

I'm still standing after all this time,

                        Dm                                        E

picking up the pieces of my life without you on my mind.

             Am          Dm              E

I'm still standing, yeah yeah yeah!

             Am          Dm             E        

I'm still standing, yeah yeah yeah!

 

    F-G-A                                  D

3.            Once I never could hope to win.

             E                                              A

    you starting down the road, leaving me again.

             F#m                                             D          E

    The threats you made were meant to cut me down,

                    F#m                   D                           A

    and if our love was just a circus, you'd be a clown by now.

 

 

 

 

 

                          Am                                         Em  

Don't you know, I'm still standing better than I ever did,

                      Dm                                      F            - G

looking like a true survivor, feeling like a little kid.

Am                            Em

I'm still standing after all this time,

                        Dm                                        E

picking up the pieces of my life without you on my mind.

             Am          Dm              E

I'm still standing, yeah yeah yeah!

             Am          Dm             E        

I'm still standing, yeah yeah yeah!

 

 

(+ Instrumental = verse 3 =) 

 

   A - D       E - A          F#m - D - E       F#m - D - A

 

 + CHORUS

 

                  Am         Dm              E

    I'm still standing, yeah yeah yeah! (repeat and fade…)

 

(orig. = capo 1st; midi = no capo)       (Elton John)