[Intro - BPM 132 - using E7/G# instead of G7b9 - 353434] [Riff - Hard muted down raked strums] G G6*  Gsus4 F E -3-3-3-3--3-3-------------1-1-1-1--1-1-1----- B -3-3-3-3--3-3-5-3---------1-1-1-1--1-1-1----- G -4-4-4-4--4-4-----4-5-----2-2-2-2--2-2-2----- D -5-5-5-5--5-5-------------3-3-3-3--3-3-3-drum-fill A -5-5-5-5--5-5-------------3-3-3-3--3-3-3----- E -3-3-3-3--3-3-------------1-1-1-1--1-1-1----- * Pluck notes finger picking to make really ring can leave notes of chord ringing slightly
[Verse] [Am7] Hey kids, [D] shake it loose together The [G] spotlight's hitting something That's been [E7/G#] known to change the weather [Am7] We'll kill the fatted [D] calf tonight So stick a [Em] round ........... you're [Am] gonna hear electric [Bm] music Solid walls of [C] sound
[Chorus] Say, [G] Candy and Ronnie, have you seen them yet But [Am7] they're so spaced out, Buh buh buh (now strum with 'Bennie and the Jets' - chords follow melody) [Cadd6-x3x210]Ben [Cadd6]nie [Cadd6]and [Cmaj7]the [C]Jets [G] Oh, but they're weird and they're wonderful Oh, [Am7] Bennie she's really keen She's got e [C] lectric boots, a [D] mohair suit You know I [Em] read it in a maga [Em7] zine (stay on same note if can't high) oh,ho [C] [Bb/C-x3333x]Buh [Bb/C]Buh [Bb/C]Buh [Bb/C]Ben [Bb/C]nie [Bb/C]and [Bb/C]the [G]Jets
[Intro Riff] [G][F]
[Verse] Hey [Am7] kids, [D] plug into the faithless Maybe [G] they're blinded But Bennie [E7/G#] makes them ageless We [Am7] shall sur [D] vive, let us take ourselves a [Em] long Where we [Am] fight our parents out in the [Bm] streets To find who's right and who's [C] wrong
[Chorus] Say, [G] Candy and Ronnie, have you seen them yet But [Am7] they're so spaced out, Buh buh buh (now strum with 'Bennie and the Jets' - chords follow melody) [Cadd6-x3x210]Ben [Cadd6]nie [Cadd6]and [Cmaj7]the [C]Jets [G] Oh, but they're weird and they're wonderful Oh, [Am7] Bennie she's really keen She's got e [C] lectric boots, a [D] mohair suit You know I [Em] read it in a maga [Em7] zine oh,ho [C] [Bb/C-x3333x]Buh [Bb/C]Buh [Bb/C]Buh [Bb/C]Ben [Bb/C]nie [Bb/C]and [Bb/C]the [G]Jets
[Intro Riff] [G][F]
[Piano Solo - Finger pick to make sound more interesting] [Am7][D][G][E7/G#] [Am7][D][Em][Em] [Am][Bm][C][C]
[Chorus] Say, [G] Candy and Ronnie, have you seen them yet But [Am7] they're so spaced out, Buh buh buh (now strum with 'Bennie and the Jets' - chords follow melody) [Cadd6-x3x210]Ben [Cadd6]nie [Cadd6]and [Cmaj7]the [C]Jets [G] Oh, but they're weird and they're wonderful Oh, [Am7] Bennie she's really keen She's got e [C] lectric boots, a [D] mohair suit You know I [Em] read it in a maga [Em7] zine oh,ho [C] [Bb/C-x3333x]Buh [Bb/C]Buh [Bb/C]Buh [Bb/C]Ben [Bb/C]nie [Bb/C]and [Bb/C]the [G]Jets
[Outro] [G] Bennie,Bennie yeah [Fmaj7] (repeat and fade out)
[Intro BPM 77 - Capo 3 - G6 = 320000 - Rhythm straight 8th notes for most of song] |Am | % | % | % | (Phrase - xxx21x xx2xxx)
[Verse 1 - Upstrum to simulate snare roll to start and heavy muted downstrum - and keep going during verse] [Am] Take a look at my [G6] girlfriend [Fmaj7] She's the only one I got [Am] Not much of a [G6] girlfriend I [Fmaj7] never seem to get a lot
[E7] Take a jumbo across the water [Am] Like to see America [E7] See the girls in California I'm [Dm] hoping it's going to come [G] true But there's [Dm] not a lot I can [G] do
[Verse 2] [Am] Could we have kippers for [G6] breakfast [Fmaj7] Mummy dear, Mummy dear (run E 1 3) [Am] They got to have 'em in [G6] Texas 'Cause [Fmaj7] everyone's a millionaire (hold F and play run E 1 0 then A 5 3)
[E7] I'm a winner, I'm a sinner Do you [Am] want my autograph [E7] I'm a loser, what a joker I'm [Dm] playing my jokes upon [G] you While there's [Dm] nothing better to [G] do, hey
[Hook] [E7] Ba ba da dum, ba ba, da-d' [Am] do da do da do [E7] Ba ba da dum, ba ba, da-d' do [Am] da do da do La la [F] la, la la [Dm] la, la la la [G] laaaaaaaa
[Verse 3] [Am] Don't you look at my [G6] girlfriend, girlfriend 'Cause [Fmaj7] she's the only one I got [Am] Not much of a [G6] girlfriend, girlfriend I [Fmaj7] never seem to get a lot - What's she got? Not a lot
[E7] Take a jumbo across the water [Am] Like to see America [E7] See the girls in California I'm [Dm] hoping it's going to come [G] true But there's [Dm] not a lot I can [G] do, hey
[Hook] [E7] Ba ba da dum, ba ba, da-d' [Am] do da do da do [E7] Ba ba da dum, ba ba, da-d' [Am] do da do da do Hey [E7] u-um, hey u-um, hey [Am] u-um, hey u-um Hey [E7] u-um, hey u-um, hey u- [Am] um, hey u-um La la [F] la, la la [Dm] la, la la la [G] la ............... [End]