Elton John-Bennie and the Jets - BPM - 65
[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)