BALLAD OF THE BOY IN RED SHOES Year: 2001 Album: SONGS FROM THE WEST COAST Writers: Elton John\ Bernie Taupin Db Ab Eb Db Ab Eb I'm stoned in the twilight Ab\Eb Screaming on the inside Gb\Db Db Ab Give me your water, help me survive Eb Gonna miss the sunlight Ab\Eb When I lose my eyesight Gb\Db Db Ab Eb Give me my red shoes, I want to dance Db They search for an answer Ab\C But that old man wouldn't listen Cm7 Back then I was handsome Bb\F Back then he was ignorant Eb Ab\Eb And shave off the years now, it's all inside my head Db Ab Eb Bb\F The boy in the red shoes is dancing by my bed Eb Ab\Eb Put them in a box somehere, put them in a drawer Db Ab Eb Db Ab\C Eb Db Ab Take my red shoes, I can't wear them anymo__________re Had garlands in the wings back then All the pretty little things back then Calling out my name, oh what fame brings After curtain calls and bows I can't see the front row now Hand me my red shoes just one more time They pushed aside our presence They refused to go the distance Back then I was Sigmund Back then he wouldn't listen (CHORUS) (INSTRUMENTAL VERSE) Db They pushed aside our presence Ab\C They refused to go the distance Cm7 Back then I was Sigmund Bb\F Back then he wouldn't listen Cm7 Back then I was handsome Bb\F Back then he was ignorant Eb Ab\Eb And shave off the years now, it's all inside my head Db Ab Eb Bb\F The boy in the red shoes is dancing by my bed Eb Ab\Eb Put them in a box somehere, put them in a drawer Db Ab\C Eb Db Take my red shoes, I can't wear them anymore. Eb Ab\Eb Put them in a box somehere, put them in a drawer Db Ab Eb Db Ab\C Eb Take my red shoes, I can't wear them anymo__________re. Db Ab\C Eb I can't wear them anymore. Db Ab\C Eb I can't wear them anymore.