MONA LISAS AND MAD HATTERS

Year:  1972
Album:  HONKY CHATEAU
Writers:  Elton John\ Bernie Taupin

C   F\C   C
And now I know

E7	   Am	C\G    F	   C\E         Dm
Spanish Harlem are not just pretty words to say

C Dm7       C
I thought I knew

E7\B	  Am	    C\G	       F          C\E         Dm
But now I know that rose trees never grow in New York City

Dm7  C\E

F	     C\E       Dm		    C
Until you've seen this trash can dream come true

F		 C\E	    Dm\G	          C
You stand at the edge while people run you through

F		    C\E 	Dm\G		      C
And I thank the Lord    there's people out there like you

F			 C\E		       Dm  G 
I thank the Lord there's people out there like you


	   C		 Bb
While Mona Lisas and Mad Hatters

	Am		    C\G
Sons of bankers, sons of lawyers

      C				 C\E	F
Turn around and say good morning to the night

      E7		Am  C\G
For unless they see the sky

	 F	   C\E       D  C\E
But they can't and that is why

     F		      G		      F     C\E  Dm7  C  F\C
They know not if it's dark outside or light


C    F\C        C
This Broadway's got

E7		  Am	       C\G
It's got a lot of songs to sing

F	       C\E		 Dm
If I knew the tunes I might join in

C	   Dm7  C
I'll go my way alone

E7\B	Am	C\G	  F	       C\E	    Dm
Grow my own, my own seeds shall be sown in New York City

Dm7  C\E 


F	    C\E       Dm	     C    C\E
Subway's no way for a good man to go down

F	     C\E	  Dm\C	      C	    C\E
Rich man can ride and the hobo he can drown

F		    C\E      Dm\G	   C     C\E
And I thank the Lord for the people I have found

F			 C\E  	       Dm    G
I thank the Lord for the people I have found


(CHORUS)


C   F\C   C
And now I know

E7	   Am	C\G    F	   C\E         Dm
Spanish Harlem are not just pretty words to say

C Dm7       C
I thought I knew

E7\B	  Am	    C\G	       F          C\E         Dm
But now I know that rose trees never grow in New York City

Dm7  C\E

F	    C\E       Dm	     C    C\E
Subway's no way for a good man to go down

F	     C\E	  Dm\C	      C	    C\E
Rich man can ride and the hobo he can drown

F		    C\E      Dm\G	   C     C\E
And I thank the Lord for the people I have found

F			 C\E  	       Dm    G
I thank the Lord for the people I have found


(CHORUS)

     F		      G		      F     C\E  Dm7  C  
They know not if it's dark outside or light