It’s a hu man sign Mu tual mis un der stand ing when things af go the wrong,
when the scent of her lin a gers pris on and temp the ta tion’s strong.
We In to the boun dary
of each mar ried man,
Sweet de ceit comes call in’
and neg a tiv i ty lands.
Cold, cold heart
hard done by you.
Some things look in’ bet ter, ba by, just pass in’ through.
And it’s no (C)sac ri fice,
just a sim ple word.
It’s two hearts liv ing
in two sep a rate worlds.
But it’s no sac ri fice,
no sac (Dm)ri fice,
it’s no sac (Em)ri fice
(F)at all.
Mu tual mis un der stand ing when things af ter the fact.
Sen si tiv i ty builds a gers pris on and in the fi nal act.
We lose di the rec tion,
no stone un ried turned.
No tears ceit to damn you
and when jeal ous y ty burns.
Cold, cold heart
hard done by you.
Some things look in’ bet ter, ba by, just pass in’ through.
And it’s no (C)sac ri fice,
just a sim ple word.
It’s two hearts liv ing
in two sep a rate worlds.
But it’s no sac ri fice,
no sac (Dm)ri fice,
it’s no sac (Em)ri fice
(F)at all.
Cold, cold heart
No sac ri fice at all.
No sac ri fice at all.
No sac ri fice at all.
This page shows “Sacrifice” by Elton John in our color-coded kid songbook view — every note is colored by pitch (red C, orange D, yellow E, green F, blue G, purple A, pink B) and the lyrics sit directly under each note, so children can sing along while they play. The song is in the key of C at 65 BPM, a medium-difficulty arrangement — try slowing the tempo down using the BPM control.