Right Before My Eyes
As Performed Live on the Today Show
Elton John
 
Intro: G   C/G   G   C/G   G   C/G   G   

	G	C/G		G
How luminous he looks to me,
	G	C/G	G
So radiant and glorious.
	      Bm		     Em
One savage kiss is all he needs
		Am				D
To change his life and make this night victorious.
 
		G	C/G	G
What princes of the moon we'd be,
		G	C/G	G
To blazing beacons in the dark,
	       Bm		Em
This drives me to take him now,
		Am			D
No force will ever tear him from my heart.
 
		C	D
Why do I go back and forth?
		Bm			Em
What is this doubt that clouds my thoughts?
	C					D
Don't waste the chance and let the night pass by.
		C
He's mine to take.
	D		G
He's right before my eyes.

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		G	C/G	     G
And so my conscience speaks to me
	G	     C/G		G
Of selfishness and consequence,
	       Bm		Em
The danger that from debt I'd make,
	   Am				D
A stolen soul no longer blessed with innocence

		G	C/G	G
And such a kingdom could be ours,
		G 	C/G	G
A wondrous world beyond compare.
		    Bm		       Em
Would his bright fire might wish it so?
		Am				    D
Surely he'd agree this gift is one that should be shared.
 
		C	D
Why do I go back and forth?
		Bm			Em
What is this doubt that clouds my thoughts?
	C					D
Don't waste the chance and let the night pass by.
		C
He's mine to take.
	D		G	G/B
He's right before my eyes.

 C		       D
Everything I really need
	      Bm		       Em
Is standing here in front of me,
	C				    D
The one thing that my heart should not deny.
	    C
Is out of reach
D		    Em		G/D
Right before my eyes.
	    C
Is out of reach
D		
Right before my eyes.

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