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SACRIFICE
by Elton John
Album: Sleeping With The Past (c)1989
INTRO:
Eb Gm G#
|-3-----3-----3---|-------6-----6---|-8-----8-----8---|-8-----8-----8---|
|-----4-----4-----|-----3-----3-----|-----------------|-----------------|
|---3-----3-----3-|---3-----3-----3-|-----8------8----|-----8------8----|
|-----------------|-5-------------5-|---10-----10---10|---10-----10---10|
|-6---------------|-----------------|-11--------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Eb Gm G#
|-------3-----3---|-------6-----6---|-8-----8-----8---|-8-----8-----8---|
|-----4-----4-----|-----3-----3-----|-----------------|-----------------|
|---3-----3-----3-|---3-----3-----3-|-----8----8------|-----8-----8-----|
|-----------------|-5---------------|---10---10-----10|---10----10----10|
|-6---------------|-----------------|-11------------11|-11--------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
VERSES:
Eb G# Fm Bb
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|-----4-----4-----|-----4-----4-----|-----6-----6-----|-----3-----3-----|
|---3-----3-----3-|---5-----5-----5-|---5-----5-----5-|---3-----3-----3-|
|-----------------|-6-------6---5---|-3---------------|-3---------------|
|-6---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Eb G# Fm Bb
|-3-----3-----3---|-4-----4-----4---|-------4-----4---|-6-----6-----6---|
|-----4-----4-----|-----4-----4-----|-----6-----6-----|-----3-----3-----|
|---3-----3-----3-|---5-----5-----5-|---5-----5-----5-|---3-----3-----3-|
|-----------------|-6-------6---5---|-3---------------|-3---------------|
|-6---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
Cm G# Bb
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|-----4-----4-----|-----4-----4-----|-----3-----3-----|-----3-----3-----|
|---5-----5-----3-|---5-----5-----5-|---3-----3-----3-|---3-----3-----3-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-3-------3-------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------------6---|-4---------------|-6---------------|-6---------------|
Cm G# Bb
|-3-----3-----3---|-------4-----4---|-6-----6-----6---|-6-----6---------|
|-----4-----4-----|-----4-----4-----|-----------------|-------------9---|
|---5-----5-----3-|---5-----5-----5-|-----7-----7-----|-----7-----7---7-|
|-----------------|-----------------|---8-----8-----8-|---8-----8-----8-|
|-3-------3-------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-------------6---|-4---------------|-6-------------6-|-6---------------|
[Play the first 8 bars of the Verse again with the following lyrics]
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/e/elton_john/sacrifice_tab.html ]
1+2. heart hard done by you somethings look
better baby just passin' through and it's no
CHORUS :
Eb G#
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|-----4-----4-----|-----4-----4-----|-----4-----4-----|-----4-----4-----|
|---3-----3-----3-|---3-----3-----3-|---5-----5-----5-|---5-----5-----5-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-6---------------|-6---------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-4-------------4-|-4-------------4-|
sacrifice just a simple word when two hearts
Bb Eb
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|-----6-----6-----|-----6-----6-----|-----4-----4-----|-----4-----4-----|
|---7-----7-----7-|---7-----7-----7-|---3-----3-----3-|---3-----3-------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-6-------------6-|-6---------------|
|-6---------------|-6-------------6-|-----------------|-----------------|
livin...
Eb G#
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|-----4-----4-----|-----4-----4-----|-----4-----4-----|-----4---------4-|
|---3-----3-----3-|---3-----3-----3-|---5-----5-----5-|---5-------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-6---------------|-6-------------6-|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-4---------------|-4---------------|
sacrifice no sacrifice no
Gm G# Bb Eb Gm
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|-----3-----3-----|-----4-------6---|-----4-----4-----|-----3-----3-----|
|---3-----3-------|---5-------7-----|---3-----3-----3-|---3-----3-----3-|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-5---------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-6---------------|-----------------|
|-3-------------3-|-4-------6-------|-----------------|-----------------|
sacrifice at all
G#
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|-----4-----4-----|-----4-----4-----|
|---5-----5-----5-|---5-----5-----5-|
|-6-------------6-|-6---------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|
1.
OUTRO:
Eb G# Fm Bb
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|-----4-----4-----|-----4-----4-----|-----6-----6-----|-----3-----3-----|
|---3-----3-----3-|---5-----5-----5-|---5-----5-----5-|---3-----3-----3-|
|-----------------|-6-------6---5---|-3---------------|-3---------------|
|-6---------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|-----------------|
[Repeat the last 4 bars about 1000 times then finish it softly.]
NOTES:
This song is written by Mr. Elton John and it's called "Sacrifice". I'd
never recognized this song until an Irish girl named Sinead O'Connor
sang it in her own special version.
In this version the song is played on a synthesizer, Key Eb, so it may
be easier for you to capo on the 3rd Fret, although I have guitarified some
parts. The lyrics aren't placed exactly under the correspondending
notes, so you better listen to the song - you'll find it on:
"Two rooms - Celebrating the songs of Elton John and Bernie Taupin".
From: J_MORENZIN@darkness.gun.de (Jan Morenzin)
