16TH CENTURY MAN Year: 2000 Album: THE ROAD TO EL DORADO Writers: Elton John\ Tim Rice G Bb G G Bb G G Bb G C G C Oh it's great to see our homeland G Bb G G Bb G Breathe the Iberian atmosphere C Just because we are Hispanic C Doesn't mean we're oceanic D7 Quite frankly we've had water up to here G Bb G G Bb G C We've made waves to last a lifetime G Bb G G Bb G We've been saturated, almost drowned C We are Spanish not Caribbean C We are human, not amphibian D7 We'll seek our fortunes on Spain's solid ground G There's no future in the new world F C G Only fools believe the tales G Of the gold of El Dorado F C G Only suckers set their sails C We have seen the way the tide is turning C Cortez is a charlatan D7 We are in the ball, discerning D7 We're anti-diluvian G Two very fine examples of F C G Sixteenth century man G Two very fine examples of F C G Bb G G Bb G G Bb G C G Sixteenth, sixteenth century man C There are women who are lining C G Bb G G Bb G Every avenue in every port C Now at last we'll get to grips with C Things they never equip ships with D7 We have sailed into our last resort G There's no goldmine in the new world F C G It's a trick to get recruits G On the boat to El Dorado F C G We're returning to our roots C We're going back to land locked ladies C Cortez never let them board D7 All in all the point we've made is D7 We don't want to go abroad G Two very fine examples of F C G Sixteenth century man G Two terra firma samples of F C G Bb G G Bb G Sixteenth, sixteenth century man G Two very fine examples of G Two very fine examples of F C G Sixteenth century man (REPEAT 3x) G Bb G G Bb G F C Oh! Oh! Oh! G Bb G Sixteenth Century Man!