[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)
[Verse 1 - Capo 2 original key - BPM 82] When I was [D] young I'd listen to the [F#m] radio Waiting [Bm] for my [Bm/A] favourite [Gmaj7] songs When they pl [Gmaj7] ayed I'd sing a [F#m7] long Em7 A/C# G9/B-x20005 It made me smile Those were such [D] happy times and not so [F#m] long ago How I wo [Bm] ndered [Bm/A] where they'd [Gmaj7] gone [C#m7] But they're [Bm] back again Just like a [Bm/A] long lost friend All the [Gmaj7] songs I [Em7] love so [A] well
[Chorus] [Asus4] Every [D] sha-la-la-la, Every [Bm] wo-o-wo-o still [D] shines [Bm] [Bm riff - Bsus2 to Bm Bsus2 - then x244x2 - mute B with fretting finger x x Bm Bsus2 - Bsus2 Bm Bsus2 B5] Every [D] shing-a-ling-a-ling That they're [Bm] startin' to sing so [Em7] fine [A] [G/A][A] When they [Bm] get to the part Where he's [A#aug-x1232x] breaking her heart It can [D] really make me [G#m7] cry Just like be [D] fore [G/A] It's yesterday once [Dmaj7] more [Dmaj7] Shu be doo [D] lang [G/A] lang [Dmaj7] Shu be doo [D] lang [G/A] lang
[Verse 2] Looking [D] back on how it was in [F#m] years gone by And the [Bm] good times [Bm/A] that I [Gmaj7] had Makes [Gmaj7] today seem rather [F#m7] sad So much has c [Em7] hanged [A/C#][G9/B] It was [D] songs of love that I would [F#m] sing to then And I'd [Bm] memo [Bm/A] rize each [Gmaj7] word [C#m7] Those old [Bm] melodies Still sound so [Bm/A] good to me As they [Gmaj7] melt the y [Em7] ears a [A] way.
[Chorus with variation] [Asus4] Every [D] sha-la-la-la, Every [Bm] wo-o-wo-o still [D] shines (All the oldies but the [Bm] goodies) Every [D] shing-a-ling-a-ling That they're s [Bm] tartin' to sing so [Em7] fine [A] [G/A][A] All my [Bm] best memories come back [A#aug] clearly to me Some can [D] even make me [G#m7] cry. Just like be [D] fore [G/A] It's yesterday once [Dmaj7] more
[Dmaj7] Shu be doo [D] lang [G/A] lang
[Asus4] Every [D] sha-la-la-la, Every [Bm] wo-o-wo-o still [D] shines [Bm] Every [D] shing-a-ling-a-ling That they're s [Bm] tartin' to sing so [Em7] fine [A] [Repeat Chorus Start to end - End on D]
