Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

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Intro:

Capo on 3rd fret
D  
 
A  
 
BMIN  
 
BMIN7  
 
G  
 
A  
 
D  
Verse 1:

EMIN  
When are you gonna come  
A7  
down
D  
When are you going to  
G  
land
 
C  
should have stayed on the  
A7  
farm, I should have
D  
Listened to my old man
 
You know 
EMIN  
you can’t hold me  
A7  
forever
 
D  
didn’t sign up with  
G  
you
 
I’m 
C  
not a present for your  
A7  
friends to open
 
This 
D  
boy’s too young to be singing the
GMIN  
Blues
C  
…  
F  
Ah..ah..ah..
B@  
ah…  
GMIN  
Ah..ah..
A7  
ah
Chorus:

 
So 
D  
Goodbye yellow brick  
F#7  
road
 
Where the 
G  
dogs of society  
D  
howl
 
You 
B7  
can’t plant me in your  
EMIN  
penthouse
 
I’m 
A  
going back to my  
D  
plough 
 
 
A  
BMIN  
Back to the howling old  
F#  
owl in the woods
G  
Hunting the horny back  
B@  
toad
C  
Oh I’ve  
D  
finally 
 
 
A  
decided, my  
BMIN  
future 
 
 
BMIN7  
lies
 
Be
G  
yond the y
A  
ellow 
 
brick
GMIN  
Road..
C  
.  
F  
Ah..ah..ah..
B@  
ah… 
 
 
GMIN  
Ah..ah..
A  
ah  
D  
ah
Verse 2:

EMIN  
What do you think you’ll  
A7  
do 
 
then
 
D  
bet they’ll shoot down your  
G  
plane
 
It’ll 
C  
take you a couple of  
A7  
vodka and tonics
 
To 
D  
set you on your feet again
EMIN  
Maybe you’ll get a rep
A7  
lacement
 
There’s 
D  
plenty like me to be  
G  
found
C  
Mongrels who  
A7  
ain’t got a penny
D  
Sniffing for tit-bits like you on the
GMIN  
Ground..
C  
.  
F  
Ah..ah..ah..
B@  
ah…  
GMIN  
Ah..ah..
A  
ah
Repeat Chorus

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