Elton John - Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

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 :

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 . if
the chords are in the wrong place in relation to the words it’s not my fault . it
would appear ug’s tab preview doesn’t quite fit what the tab looks like when i’ve
pasted it in to the box , but hopefully it will come out ok!

chords
D – [ xx0232 ]
D/C# – [ x40232 ]
Dsus4 – [ xx2033 ]
Dsus2 – [ xx2030 ]
Bm – [ x24432 ]
Bm11 – [ x04430 ]
A# – [ x13331 ]
B11 – [ x21202 ]
Em7 – [ 022030 ]
Em – [ 022000 ]
A7 – [ x02020 ]
C/G – [ 332010 ]
G – [ 320033 ]
Gm – [ 355333 ]
F – [ 133211 ]
F#7 – [ 242322 ]

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

[ intro ]
D D/C# Bm Bm11 G Dsus4 Dsus2 D

[ verse 1 ]
Em A7
when are you gonna come down
D G
when are you going to land
Em7 A7
i should have stayed on the farm , should have
D
listened to my old man
Em A7
you know you can’t hold me forever
D G
i didn’t sign up with you
C/G A7
i’m not a present for your friends to open
D Dsus2 D [ quick change . hammer back on to D ]
this boy’s too young to be singing the
Gm C/G F A# Gm A7
bluuuues . . . . . . ah . . . ah . . . ah . . . . . . ah . . . . . . . . ah . . . . .

[ chorus ]
D F#7
so goodbye yellow brick road
G D
where the dogs of society howl
B11 Em
you can’t plant me in your penthouse
A7 D D/C#
i’m going back to my plow
Bm F#m
back to the howling old owl in the woods
G A#
hunting the horny black toad
C/G D D/C# Bm Bm11
. . . oh i’ve finally decided my future lies
G Dsus2
beyond the yellow brick
Gm C/G F A# Gm A7 D [ D shape : quickly pluck G , E , B , G ]
rooooaaaad . . . . . . . . ah . . . ah . . . ah . . . . . . . aaaaaah ooooo

Em A7
what do you think you’ll do then?
D G
i bet to shoot down your plane
Em7 A7
it’ll take you a couple of vodka and tonics
D
to set you on your feet again
Em A7
maybe you’ll get a replacement
D G
there’s plenty like me to be found
C/G A7
mongrels who ain’t got a penny
D
sniffing for titbits like you on the
Gm C/G F A# Gm A7
groooound . . . . ah . . . ah . . . ah . . . . . . ah . . . . . . ah . . .

[ repeat chorus ]
D F#7
so goodbye yellow brick road
G D
where the dogs of society howl
B11 Em
you can’t plant me in your penthouse
A7 D D/C#
i’m going back to my plow
Bm F#m
back to the howling old owl in the woods
G A#
hunting the horny black toad
C/G D D/C# Bm Bm11
. . . oh i’ve finally decided my future lies
G Dsus2
beyond the yellow brick
Gm C/G F A# Gm A7 D
rooooaaaad . . . . . . . . ah . . . ah . . . ah . . . . . . . aaaaaah ooooo