My granddaughter (7-years-old) and I saw the movie Sing! Did you see it? This is the song she's most impressed with... It's one of her favorites!
I'm Still Standing
Words and Music by Elton John and Bernie Taupin
Time: 4/4 Lively Rock Intro
Am - Dm/A - E/A - F/A - G/A (2xs) Verse 1
A D/A
You could never know what it's like
E/A A
Your blood like winter freezes just like ice
Bm7/A E
And there's a cold lonely light that shines from you
F#m D A Bm/A A
You'll wind up like the wreck you hide behind that mask you use
Verse 2
A D/A
And did you think this fool could never win?
E/A A
Well look at me, I'm coming back again
Bm7/A E
I got a taste of love in a simple way
F#m D A Bm7/A A
And if you need to know while I'm still standing you just fade a-way
Chorus
Am7 Am Em/G
Don't you know I'm still standing better than I ever did
Dm7 Fmaj7 G
Looking like a true survivor, feeling like a little kid
Am7 Am Em/G
I'm still standing after all this time
Dm7 E7
Picking up the pieces of my life without you on my mind
Am Dm7 E
I'm still standing...yeah yeah yeah!
Am Dm7 E7 F/E - G/E
I'm still standing...yeah yeah yeah!
Verse 3
A D/A
Once I never could hope to win
E/A A
You starting down the road leaving me again
Bm7/A E
The threats you made were meant to cut me down
F#m D A Bm7/A A
And if our love was just a circus you'd be a clown by now
Chorus
Am7 Am Em/G
Don't you know I'm still standing better than I ever did
Dm7 Fmaj7 G
Looking like a true survivor, feeling like a little kid
Am7 Am Em/G
I'm still standing after all this time
Dm7 E7
Picking up the pieces of my life without you on my mind
Am Dm7 E
I'm still standing...yeah yeah yeah!
Am Dm7 E7 F/E - G/E
I'm still standing...yeah yeah yeah!
Am Em/G
I'm still standing better than I ever did,
Dm7 Fmaj7
lookin' like a true survivor, feelin' like a little kid.
Am Em/G
And I'm still standin' after all this timeDm7 E
pickin' up the pieces of my life without you on my mind.
Am Dm7 E7
I'm still standing... yeah, yeah, yeah
Am Dm7 E7 F/E G/E Am
I'm still standing... yeah, yeah, yeah.
Intro Chords
L.H. / R.H.
Am = A/ACE
Dm = A/ADF
E/A = A/G#BE
F/A = A/ACF
G/A = A/BDG
Verse Chords
L.H. / R.H.
A = A/EAC#
D/A = A/F#AD
E/A = A/EG#B
Bm7/A = A/BDF#
E = E/EG#B
F#m = F#/C#F#A
D = D/DF#A
Chorus Chords
Am = AA/ACE
Em/G = GG/GBE
Dm7 = DD/ACF
Fmaj7 = FF/FACE
G = GG/BDG
Am = AA/ACE
E = EE/G#BE
E7 = EE/DG#B
F/E = EE/G#BE
G/E = EE/BDG
Am = AA/ACEA
Have fun!
"Jazz washes away the dust of everyday life." -- Art Blakey
