[Intro - BPM 132 - using E7/G# instead of G7b9 - 353434] [Riff - Hard muted down raked strums] * Pluck notes finger picking to make really ring can leave notes of chord ringing slightly - keep low G fretted which helps stop other strings ringing when you play the sus4 figure on the sanre
G G6*Gsus4 F E -3-3-3-3--3-3-0-----------1-1-1-1--1-1-1----- B -3-3-3-3--3-3-0301--------1-1-1-1--1-1-1----- G -0-0-0-0--0-0-0-----------2-2-2-2--2-2-2----- D -0-0-0-0--0-0-0-----------3-3-3-3--3-3-3-drum-fill A -x-x-x-x--x-x-x-----------3-3-3-3--3-3-3----- E -3-3-3-3--3-3-3~----------1-1-1-1--1-1-1-----
[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* for Cmaj7 can lift all fingers off apart for low C - still works] Say, [G] Candy and Ronnie, have you seen them yet But [Am7] they're so spaced out, [Am7]Buh [Am7]buh [Am7]buh [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, [Am7]Buh [Am7]buh [Am7]buh [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 - Light drums] I've been [C]walkin' these streets [C/G]so -[C]long,[C/G] singin' the same [C/G]old [C]song [C/G][C] I know every crack in these dirty sidewalks of [G]Broadway [Gsus4][G] Where [F]hustle's the name of the game And nice guys get washed away like the snow and the [C] rain [F/C][C] There's been a [G]load of compromisin', Lord on the [F]road to my ho[C]rizon (just bass drum) But [F]I'm gonna be where the [D/F#]lights are shinin' on [G]me [Gsus4][G]
[Chorus - DRUMS IN] Like a [C]rhine[G/D]stone [C]cowboy, [F/C][C] riding [Cmaj7]out on a horse in a [C6-x35555]star-spangled rode[G]o [Gsus4][G] Like a [C]rhine[G/D]stone [C]cowboy, [F/C][C] getting [Cmaj7]cards and letters from [C6]people I don't even [G]know And offers comin' over the phone
[Verse 2] Well, I [C]really don't mind [C/G]the [C]rain, [C/G]and a [C]smile can hide [C/G]all the [C]pain But [C/G]you're [C]down when you're ridin' the train that's takin' the [G]long way And I [F]dream of the things I'll do With a subway token and a dollar tucked inside my [C]shoe [F/C][C]
There'll be a [G]load of compromisin', Lord on the [F]road to my ho[C]rizon But [F]I'm gonna be where the [D/F#]lights are shinin' on [G]me [Gsus4][G]
[Chorus] Like a [C]rhine[G/D]stone [C]cowboy, [F/C][C] riding [Cmaj7]out on a horse in a [C6]star-spangled rode[G]o [Gsus4][G] Like a [C]rhine[G/D]stone [C]cowboy, [F/C][C] getting [Cmaj7]cards and letters from [C6]people I don't even [G]know And offers comin' over the phone
[Strings bit] [F][C/E][Dm][C][G/B][F/A] [G][F][Em][Dm] (like a rhine..)
[Chorus] Like a [C]rhine[G/D]stone [C]cowboy, [F/C][C] riding [Cmaj7]out on a horse in a [C6]star-spangled rode[G]o [Gsus4][G] Like a [C]rhine[G/D]stone [C]cowboy, [F/C][C] getting [Cmaj7]cards and letters from [C6]people I don't even [G]know
