Elton John-Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - BPM - 60
[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......