From: Raine Ekman INF
Subject: CRD: Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Date: Thu, 1 Feb 1996 17:29:14 +0200 (EET)
GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD
Artist: Elton John
Album: Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Words and Music: Elton John and Bernie Taupin
Transcribed by: Raine M. Ekman ([email protected])
All chords last for 1 bar except for the intro and the part of the chorus that
goes «Oh I’ve…» (Db Eb F C Dm F Bb C)
[INTRO]
F C Dm C Bb C F (Hold last F for a whole bar)
[VERSE 1]
Gm C
When are you gonna come down
F Bb
When are you going to land
Gm C
I should have stayed on the farm, should have
F F
listened to my old man
Gm C
You know you can’t hold me forever
F Bb
I didn’t sign up with you
Eb C
I’m not a present for your friends to open
F F
This boy’s too young to be singing the
Db Eb Ab Db Db C7
blues… Ah…… Ah….
[CHORUS]
F A7
So Goodbye yellow brick road
Bb F
where the dogs of society howl
D7 Gm
You can’t plant me in your penthouse
C F
I’m going back to my plow
Dm A
Back to the howling old owl in the woods
Bb Db
Hunting the horny black toad
Db Eb F C Dm F
… Oh I’ve finally decided my future lies
Bb C
Beyond the yellow brick
Db Eb Ab Db Db C F
road… Ah….. Ah……
[VERSE 2]
What do you think you’ll do then?
I bet to shoot down your plane
It’ll take you a couple of vodka and tonics
to set you on your feet again
Maybe you’ll get a replacement
There’s plenty like me to be found
Mongrels who ain’t got a penny
Sniffing for titbits like you on the
ground… Ah…. Ah….
[REPEAT CHORUS]
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