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 (raekman@abo.fi)

All chords last for 1 bar except for the intro and the part of the chorus that
 " 
Two slash chor

.." (   
ds included. O

    
f course you c

an leave out t

he note after 

the slash
and just use t
C/E  x-x-2-0-1
Dm/C x-3-x-2-3

he regular chord shapes.
-0
-1

Easier to play when transposed down 3 steps. To get back to the original key 
put on a capo 3rd fret.


[Intro]
        (Hold last  for a whole bar)


[Verse 1]
            
When are you g

          
onna come down
             
When are you g

        
oing to land
            
I should have 

            
stayed on the 

farm, should h

ave
             
Listened to my

     
 old man
            
You know you c

              
an't hold me f

  
orever
             
I didn't sign 

        
up with you
            
I'm not a pres

             
ent for your f

riends to open
             
This boy's too

             
 young to be s

inging
         
The blues... A

       
h...... Ah....


[Chorus]
             
So goodbye yel

          
low brick road
            
Where the dogs

            
 of society ho

wl
            
You can't plan

             
t me in your p


enthouse
             
I'm going back

       
 to my plow
            
Back to the ho

          
wling old owl 

in the woods
            
Hunting the ho

         
rny back toad
         
Oh I've finall

          
y decided my f

       
uture lies
       
Beyond the yel

            
low brick road


 ...
      
Ah..... Ah....

  
..


[Verse 2]
            
What do you th

           
ink you'll do 

then?
             
I bet they'll 

              
shoot down the

   
 plane
            
It'll take you

             
 a couple of v

odka and tonic

s
             
To set you on 

            
your feet agai

n
            
Maybe you'll g

       
et a replaceme

nt
             
There's plenty

              
 like me to be

 
 found
           
Mongrels who a

in't got a pen

ny
             
Sniffing for t

            
idbits like yo

u
          
On the ground.

       
.. Ah....  Ah.

  
...


[Chorus]
             
So goodbye yel

          
low brick road
            
Where the dogs

            
 of society ho

wl
            
You can't plan

             
t me in your p


enthouse
             
I'm going back

       
 to my plow
            
Back to the ho

          
wling old owl 

in the woods
            
Hunting the ho

         
rny back toad
         
Oh I've finall

          
y decided my f

       
uture lies
       
Beyond the yel

            
low brick road


 ...
      
Ah..... Ah....

  
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