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Elton John-Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - BPM - 107

Harmonica is
Vocal Patches - - -
[Intro - Capo 3 for original key but don't bother] 
[Ignore - straight to Verse 1]
[F] [C] [Dm] [C] 
[Bb] [C] [F] (Hold last F for a whole bar) 

[Verse 1 - No drums] 
[Gm] When are you gonna come down [C] 
[F] When are you going to land [Bb] 
I [Gm] should have stayed on the [C] farm, should have
[F] Listened to my old man [F] .. You 
[Gm] know you can't hold me for [C] ever .. I 
[F] didn't sign up with you [Bb] 
I'm not [Eb] a present for your [C] friends to open
This boy [F] 's too young to be [F] singing The 

[Drums in - don't sing first note - 
and go down an octave as well when necessary and use harmoniser]

[Db]blues. ooh [Eb]ooh .. [Ab]la la la la 
[Db]la.... [Bbm] Ah..ah [C7]Ah....

[Chorus] 
So 
[F] goodbye yellow brick [A7] road .. Where the
[Bb] dogs of society [F] howl .. You 
[D7] can't plant me in your [Gm] penthouse .. I'm 
[C] going back to my [F] plough
[Dm] Back to the howling old [A] owl in the woods
[Bb] Hunting the horny black [Db] toad
[Db] Oh [Eb] I've [F] finally [C/E] decided my 
[Dm] future lies [Dm/C] ... Be 
[Bb] yond the [C] yellow brick

[Db]ro oh [Eb]oad .. [Ab]la la la la 
[Db]la.... [Bbm]Ah..ah [C7]Ah....
[F] Ah......

[Pause] 
[Verse 2]
[Gm] What do you think you'll do [C] then? .. I 
[F] bet they'll shoot down the plane [Bb] .. It'll 
[Gm] take you a couple of [C] vodka and tonics .. to
[F] set you on your feet again [F] 
[Gm] Maybe you'll get a re [C] placement .. There's 
[F] plenty like me to be [Bb] found
[Eb] Mongrels who [C] ain't got a penny
[F] Sniffing for tidbits like you [F] On the 

[Db]gra ow [Eb]ound .. [Ab]la la la la 
[Db]la.... [Bbm]Ah..ah [C7]Ah....

[Chorus] 
So 
[F] goodbye yellow brick [A7] road .. Where the
[Bb] dogs of society [F] howl .. You 
[D7] can't plant me in your [Gm] penthouse .. I'm 
[C] going back to my [F] plough
[Dm] Back to the howling old [A] owl in the woods
[Bb] Hunting the horny black [Db] toad
[Db] Oh [Eb] I've [F] finally [C/E] decided my 
[Dm] future lies [Dm/C] ... Be 
[Bb] yond the [C] yellow brick 
[Db]ro oh [Eb]oad .. [Ab]la la la la 
[Db]la.... [Bbm]Ah..ah [C7]Ah....
[F] Ah......

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Average White Band-Pick Up The Pieces - BPM - 107

Harmonica is -
Vocal Patches - - -
Drums

Intro No drums - 4
Riff A x 14 bars - sax comes in straightaway unlike later
3rd sax line varies, no sax last one
Riff A x 14 bars

Fill into
Riff B x 4 (5 bars) - drums stop

Riff A x 14 sax comes in after 2 bars
Riff B x 4 (5 bars - hold note over spoken)

Spoken pick up x 4 starts straight on that 5th bar

Sax solo x 12
Key change x 4

Riff A x 4 sax straight in
Riff B x 9

Spoken pick up x 4 with drum fills

Riff A x 1 to end

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