Elton John

Healing Hands

Elton John


Tom: C

Intro: Bb F Bb   Bb F Bb F 

Bb                      F
I never dreamed I could cry so hard
Gm7               Dm7
That ain't like a man
Eb                 F    Bb C  D
I could fly like a bird some days
      Eb                  F
Had a place where I could land
Bb                         F
I could have sworn we were all locked in
Gm7                 Dm7
Ain't that what you said
        Eb            F    Bb C D
I never knew it could hurt so   bad
Eb                        F
When the power of love is dead

Gm
But giving into the nighttime
Eb
Ain't no cure for the pain
C/E
You gotta wade into the water
          F                   
You gotta learn to live again

D                        G
And reach out for her healing hands
                  A       D          G  D
Reach out for her healing hands
          Bm                Em
There's a light, where the darkness ends
         A              D
Touch me now and let me see again
        Gm          G/A A  G/A G   D     G/D G/D
Rock me now in your gentle healing hands

key change:Bb

Bb                        F
I never knew love like poison
Gm7                F
That burned like a fire
Eb            F         Bb C D
All I ever wanted was a reason
Eb               F                   Eb  Bb
To drown in your eyes
Bb                    F
I never knew sleep so restless
Gm7           F
Empty arms so cold
Eb             F           Bb    C  D
That's not the way it's supposed to be
Eb                            F
It ain't the spell that I was sold

repeat chorus
instrumental break: Gm     Eb     F     Bb     Gm    Eb    F    F7

outro
D     G  G/A     D      G  G/A