artist : elton john
song : captain fantastic and the brown dirt cowboy
release date : 1975
note : just some advice , i’d listen to the song while playing along , i tried to get
as accurate as possible , considering this is one of my favorite elton john songs!
have fun with this one!
intro :
G C G Em G C G Em
verse 1 :
A C G D
captain fantastic raised and regimented , hardly a hero .
G C D
just someone his mother might know .
Am G Dm G
very clearly a case for corn flakes and classics .
Am Cm
“two teas both with sugar please” .
G Em
in the back of an alley .
verse 2 :
A C
while little dirt cowboys , turned brown in their saddles .
G D G C D
sweet chocolate biscuits . and red rosy apples in summer .
Am G Dm G
for it’s hay make and “hey mom , do the papers say anything good .
C Cm
are there chances in life for little dirt cowboys ,
G A# C G
should i make my way out of my home in the woods?”
verse 3 :
A C
brown dirt cowboy , still green and growing .
G D
city slick captain .
G
fantastic the feedback ,
C D
the honey the hive could be holding .
Am G Dm G
for there’s weak winged young sparrows , that starve in the winter .
Am Cm
broken young children on the wheels of the winners .
G A# C G
and the sixty – eight summer festival wallflowers are thinning .
chorus :
Em C F C F C F C F
for cheap easy meals are hardly a home on the range .
Em C F C F C F C F
too hot for the band with a desperate desire for change .
G C G
we’ve thrown in the towel too many times .
C G
out for the count and when we’re down ,
C G C
captain fantastic and the brown dirt cowboy .
A# C G
from the end of the world to your town .
verse 4 :
A C
and all this talk of jesus , coming back to see us .
G D
couldn’t fool us .
G C D
for we were spinning out our lines walking on the wire .
Am G Dm
hand in hand went music and the rhyme .
G Am Cm
the captain and the kid stepping in the ring .
G A# C G
from here on sonny , sonny sonny , it’s a long and lonely climb .
~repeat chorus x2~
~repeat intro~
end
artist : elton john
song : captain fantastic and the brown dirt cowboy
release date : 1975
note : just some advice , i’d listen to the song while playing along , i tried to get
as accurate as possible , considering this is one of my favorite elton john songs!
have fun with this one!
intro :
G C G Em G C G Em
verse 1 :
A C G D
captain fantastic raised and regimented , hardly a hero .
G C D
just someone his mother might know .
Am G Dm G
very clearly a case for corn flakes and classics .
Am Cm
“two teas both with sugar please” .
G Em
in the back of an alley .
verse 2 :
A C
while little dirt cowboys , turned brown in their saddles .
G D G C D
sweet chocolate biscuits . and red rosy apples in summer .
Am G Dm G
for it’s hay make and “hey mom , do the papers say anything good .
C Cm
are there chances in life for little dirt cowboys ,
G A# C G
should i make my way out of my home in the woods?”
verse 3 :
A C
brown dirt cowboy , still green and growing .
G D
city slick captain .
G
fantastic the feedback ,
C D
the honey the hive could be holding .
Am G Dm G
for there’s weak winged young sparrows , that starve in the winter .
Am Cm
broken young children on the wheels of the winners .
G A# C G
and the sixty – eight summer festival wallflowers are thinning .
chorus :
Em C F C F C F C F
for cheap easy meals are hardly a home on the range .
Em C F C F C F C F
too hot for the band with a desperate desire for change .
G C G
we’ve thrown in the towel too many times .
C G
out for the count and when we’re down ,
C G C
captain fantastic and the brown dirt cowboy .
A# C G
from the end of the world to your town .
verse 4 :
A C
and all this talk of jesus , coming back to see us .
G D
couldn’t fool us .
G C D
for we were spinning out our lines walking on the wire .
Am G Dm
hand in hand went music and the rhyme .
G Am Cm
the captain and the kid stepping in the ring .
G A# C G
from here on sonny , sonny sonny , it’s a long and lonely climb .
~repeat chorus x2~
~repeat intro~
end
