Goodbye Yellow Brick Road - Elton John


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Goodbye Yellow Brick Road Chords

Title: Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Artist: Elton John
Tuning: Standard
Capo: 1st Fret

Transposed from an excellent cover of this song by Gorgiarose16 on youtube: 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkwNpFxRDFg&feature=g-u-u

Quite a few barre chords, but in general easier to play than the other versions on 
here which use them all the way through.

Hope you like it anyway. I've done my best to try and transpose all the chords 
accurately, but if you have any corrections, please leave them in the comments.

* UPDATE *
Pete has subsequently posted a new tutorial for this song, which can be found here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZp-UNr37uY&feature=g-u-u

There are a few subtle differences, so I'll leave it up to you to decide which 
version you like best :-)

Chords 
 - [xx0232]
 - [x40232]
 -  [xx0230]
 - [
Bm11 - [x04430

]
 - [x13331]
 - [x21202]
 - [022030]
* - [xx2033]
** -  [xx2030]
 - [022000]
 - [x02020]
 - [332010]
 - [320033]
 - [355333]
 - [133211]
 - [033200]
 - [242322]

NOTE: For all chords with a specific root note [Bm, Bm11, D/C#] , emphasise the 
bass note on the downstrum.

[INTRO]
          Bm11       *    **         [D Shape: quickly pluck , , , ]

[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
     D                     Dsus2   D     [Quick change. Hammer back on to D]
This boy's too young to be singing the
         
bluuuues......

        
Ah...Ah...Ah..

            
....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 black toad
          
... Oh I've fi

          
nally decided 

        
my future lies
           
Beyond the yel

  
low brick 
         
rooooaaaad....

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

         
Ah.......AAAaa

         [       
ah Ooooo

            
What do you th

           
ink you'll do 

then?
             
I bet to shoot

           
 down your pla

ne
           
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

itbits like yo

u on the 
        
groooound....A

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

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

..

[REPEAT 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 black toad
          
... Oh I've fi

          
nally decided 

        
my future lies
           
Beyond the yel

  
low brick 
         
rooooaaaad....

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

         
Ah.......AAAaa

       
ah Ooooo

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