My Quicksand
Elton John Key
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Verse 1
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I put my life on hold and took you home
Bm Em D
Good sense shot down I placed you on a throne
Fm Em D
Where was the wheel that kept me on the road
F Em D
The force of nature preventing overload
F Em D Em D
So don't you know I've been dressed to kill
F Em D Em D
If you got the tools be careful what you build
Fm Em D
When the arrow's in the bull's-eye every time
F Em A#
It's hard assuming that the archer's blind
Chorus
Em
My quicksand
Bm
Let me introduce you to my final stand
F#7
I went to Paris once
Bm
I thought I had a plan
Em
I woke up with an accent
Bm
I wound up in quicksand
Bm Em Bm
My quicksand
Verse 2
Em Bm A D Bm D A
I was full of foreign notions at the start
Bm D A
There was never once when I was off my guard
Fm Em D
For any ghost of every poet in the ground
F Em A
There's one like me to buy the guys a round
Chorus
Em
My quicksand
Bm
Let me introduce you to my final stand
F#7
I went to Paris once
Bm
I thought I had a plan
Em
I woke up with an accent
Bm
I wound up in quicksand
Bm Em Bm
My quicksand
Bridge
Em Bm
I'm going down
Em Bm Em Bm
You and me together going down
Em Bm Em D
It's not what I'd been told about this town
C#7 D#
That when you least expect if you can drown
Em Bm
In quicksand
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My quicksand
Solo
Chorus
Em
My quicksand
Bm
Let me introduce you to my final stand
F#7
I went to Paris once
Bm
I thought I had a plan
Em
I woke up with an accent
Bm
I wound up in quicksand
Bm Em Bm
My quicksand
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