ROTTEN PEACHES Year: 1971 Album: MADMAN ACROSS THE WATER Writers: Elton John\ Bernie Taupin A Bm We've moved on six miles from where we were yesterday A\C# Dm Dm C#m Cm Bm And yesterday is but a long long ways away Bm A\C# D B(no 3rd) So we'll camp out tonight beneath the bright starlight A G D And forget rotten peaches and the places we've stayed A Bm I left from the dockland two years ago now A\C# Dm Made my way over on the S.S. Marie Bm A\C# D B(no 3rd) And I've always had trouble wherever I have settled A G D Rotten peaches are all that I see G A D Rotten peaches rotting in the sun G A D Seems I've seen that devil fruit since the world begun A E Dm Bm Mercy I'm a criminal, Jesus I'm the one A G D Rotten peaches rotting in the sun (REPEAT)* A Bm There ain't no green grass in a U.S. state prison A\C# Dm Dm C#m Cm Bm There is no one to hold when you're sick for your wife Bm A\C# D B(no 3rd) And each day out you'll pick, you'll pick rotten peaches A G D You'll pick rotten peaches for the rest of your life A Bm Oh I've had me my fill of cocaine and pills D Dm For I lie in the light of the Lord Bm A\C# D B(no 3rd) And my home is ten thousand, ten thousand miles away A G D And I guess I won't see it no more G A D Rotten peaches rotting in the sun G A D Seems I've seen that devil fruit since the world begun A E Dm Bm Mercy I'm a criminal, Jesus I'm the one A G D Rotten peaches rotting in the sun G A D Rotten peaches rotting in the sun G A D Seems I've seen that devil fruit since the world begun A E Dm Bm Mercy I'm a criminal, Jesus I'm the, Jesus I'm the one A G D Rotten peaches rotting in the sun A G D Rotten peaches rotting in the sun A G D Rotten peaches rotting in the sun A G La la la la la la, la la la la la la, D La la la la la la. A G D La la la la la la, la la la la la la la la. (REPEAT, FADE)