My Elusive Drug chords by Elton John

My Elusive Drug

Track Info

Chords Info

  • Tuning: Standard(E A D G B E)
  • Key: F
  • Capo: 3rd fret
  • Chords: D, F, C, G, E7, F#, Bm, A, D7, Bb
  • BPM: 121
  • Suggested Strumming:
  • D= Down Stroke, U = Upstroke, N.C= No Chord
[Verse]
D F I'm not the same as I used to be. C All the things you've
G
heard seem hard to believe.
E7 F# Bm Haven't always been good,

never really been bad.
G D Most times I've been happy;
E7 A
yeah, sometimes I've been sad.
[Verse]
D D7 Sure, I've made mistakes.

Haven't we all?
C I've been loose as a
Bm
cannon and dumb as a wall.
A F# Bm Haven't always been sober

in counting my ducks,
G D And if I look back now I've
E7 A Bb
had my share of luck.
[Chorus]
Bm D G But the change didn't come overnight. Bm I've been searching
D G
for you all my life.
G All the habits that
D
I couldn't handle,
E7 A I've swept them under the rug Bb In exchange for the
G
sweetest addiction:
A D You, my elusive drug. [Verse]
D D7 I'm going to stay now.

I really like it here.
C G I may paint your picture,

and I might grow a beard.
F F# Bm There were times I was crazy;

couldn't handle my life.
G D E7 Don't think you'd have liked me.
A
Not at any old price.
[Chorus]
Bm D G But the change didn't come overnight. Bm D G I've been searching for you all my life. G All the habits that
D
I couldn't handle,
E7 A I've swept them under the rug Bb In exchange for the
G
sweetest addiction:
A D You, my elusive drug. [Verse]
Bb And I've taken the pills. F D I got burnt out and chilled by the cold, Bb But I've no regrets and,
F
that being said,
G You know, cheap thrills
C A D
can get pretty old.
F C G Yeah, yeah, oh yeah. [Intrerlude]
A F# Bm G D E7 A Bb [Chorus]
Bm D G But the change didn't come overnight. Bm I've been searching
D G
for you all my life.
G D All the habits that I couldn't handle, E7 A I've swept them under the rug Bb In exchange for the
G
sweetest addiction:
A D You, my elusive drug. [Outro]
Bb In exchange for the
G
sweetest addiction:
A D You, my elusive drug

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