All The Nasties Music by Elton John Lyrics by Bernie Taupin Available on the album Madman Across The Water *This one is for all you lazy tubs out there C/G Am9 Bbmaj7 If it came to pass that they should ask C What could I tell them C/G Am9 Bbmaj7 Would they criticize behind my back C Maybe I should let them F C Am7 Oh if only then and only then D9 Dm7/G Gsus4 They would understand C F They'd turn a full-blooded city boy C/G F C Into a full-blooded city man C/G If they could face it Am9 Bbmaj7 I could take it in their eyes C F C F/C Oh I know I'd make it C/G Their tiny minds Am7 Bbmaj7 F And sacred cows just fake it C Am7 If only then and only then D9 Dm7/G Gsus4 They would understand C C/E F They'd turn a full-blooded city boy C/G G7/B C C7/E F C/G G7/B Into a full-blooded city man Bbm Eb7/Bb But I know the way they want me Abmaj7 In the way they publicize Bbm Eb7/Bb If they could turn their focus off Abmaj7 To the image in their eyes C/G G9sus4 C/G F Maybe it would help them, help them understand Maybe it would help them, help them understand Maybe it would help them, help them understand C F That a full-blooded city boy C/G F C Is now a full-blooded city man C/G Do do do do do do do do do Am9 Do do do do do do do do do Bbmaj7 C F C F/C Do do do do do do do do do do C/G Oh my soul Am9 Oh my soul Bbmaj7 Oh my soul ? 1971 Dick James Music Limited