Original Sin Music By Elton John Lyrics By Bernie Taupin © 2001 Happenstance Limited/Wretched Music Transcribed by Darren Crosby Intro: Db Ebm7 Db Db/Ab Ab Db Ebm7 Db Db/Ab Ab Db Oh, it’s carnival night Gb Ab And they’re stringing the lights around you F/A Bbm Hanging paper angels Ebm Ab Painting little devils on the roof Db Oh the furnace wind Gb Ab Fm Is a flickering of wings about your face Fm/C Bbm In a cloud of incense Ebm Ab Yea, it smells like Heaven in this place Ab/C Gb I can’t eat, can’t sleep Ab Fm Still I hunger for you when you look at me Gb Bbm That face, those eyes Ab Ab/C All the sinful pleasures deep inside Db Ab Bbm Fm Tell me how, you know now, the ways and means of getting in Gb Underneath my skin, Ab Db Oh you were always my original sin Db Ab Bbm Fm And tell me why, I shudder inside, every time we begin Gb This dangerous game Ab Bbm Oh you were always my original sin Ebm7 Db Db/Ab Ab Db Ebm7 Db Db/Ab Ab (Same as verse 1) A dream will fly The moment that you open up your eyes A dream is just a riddle Ghosts from every corner of your life (Same as verse 2) Up in the balcony All the Romeo’s are bleeding for your hand Blowing theater kisses Reciting lines they don’t understand I can’t eat, can’t sleep Still I hunger for you when you look at me That face, those eyes All the sinful pleasures deep inside Tell me how, you know now, the ways and means of getting in Underneath my skin, Oh you were always my original sin And tell me why, I shudder inside, every time we begin This dangerous game Ab Bbm Ab (Repeat Chorus) Oh you were always my original sin Tell me how, you know now, the ways and means of getting in Underneath my skin, Oh you were always my original sin And tell me why, I shudder inside, every time we begin This dangerous game Ab Bbm Oh you were always my original sin Fine: Ebm7 Db Db/Ab Ab Db Ebm7 Db Db/Ab Ab Db Ebm7 Db Db/Ab (Strings fade out)