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[G][C][D][C] x2 [G]
[Verse] [G] Some [C] people call me the space [D] cowboy, yeah [C][G] [G] Some [C] call me the gangster of [D] love [C][G] [G] Some [C] people call me [D] Maurice [C] Cause I [G] speak of the [C] pompitous of [D] love [C][G]
[Verse] [G] People [C] talk about me, baby [D][C][G] [G] Say I'm [C] doin' you wrong, doin' [D] you wrong [C][G] [G] Well, [C] don't you worry baby Don't [D] worry [C][G] [G] Cause [C] I'm right here, right here [D] right here [C][G] right here at home
[Chorus] Cause I'm a [G] picker I'm a [C] grinner I'm a [G] lover And I'm a [C] sinner [G] I play my [C] music in the [D] sun [C]
I'm a [G] joker I'm a [C] smoker I'm a [G] midnight [C] toker [G] I sure don't [C] want to hurt no [D] one [D7]
[Verse] [G] You're the cutest thing [C] [D] That I ever did see [C][G] [G] I really love your [C] peaches [D] Want to shake your tre [C] e [G] [G] Lovey-dovey, lov [C] ey-dovey, lovey- [D] dovey all the time [C][G] [G] Ooo-eee baby, I' [C] ll sure show you [D] a good time [C][G]
[Chorus] Cause I'm a [G] picker I'm a [C] grinner I'm a [G] lover And I'm a [C] sinner [G] I play my [C] music in the [D] sun [C]
I'm a [G] joker I'm a [C] smoker I'm a [G] midnight [C] toker [G] I sure don't [C] want to hurt no [D] one [D7]
Cause I'm a [G] picker I'm a [C] grinner I'm a [G] lover And I'm a [C] sinner [G] I play my [C] music in the [D] sun [C]
I'm a [G] joker I'm a [C] smoker I'm a [G] midnight [C] toker [G] I sure don't [C] want to hurt no [D] one [D7] Wooo Woooo
[Verse] [G] People [C] keep talking about me ba [D] by [C][G] [G] They [C] say I'm doin' you wrong [D][C][G] [G] Well [C] don't you worry, don't wor [D] ry, no don't [C] wor [G] ry mama [G] Cause [C] I'm right here at home [D][C][G]
[Verse] [G] You're [C] the cutest thing I ever [D] did see [C][G] [G] Really [C] love your peaches want to [D] shake your [C] tree [G] [G] Lovey [C] -dovey, lovey-dovey, lovey [D] -dovey all the [C][G] time [G] Come [C] on baby and I'll show you [D] a good time [C][G]
[Intro - Capo 3 for original key but don't bother] [F][C][Dm][C] [Bb][C][F] (Hold last F for a whole bar)
[Verse 1] [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
[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......