Chordproc: Elton John : Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

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B7

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B7

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E

A

Goodbye Norma Jean, though I never knew you at all

B7

E

A

E

A

You had the grace to hold yourself while those around you crawled

E

A

They crawled out of the woodwork. And they whispered into your brain

E

Esus4

E

A

They set you on the treadmill, and they made you change your name

B

E

A

And it seems to me you lived your life like a candle in the wind

E

Esus4

E#

B

Never knowing who to cling to when the rain set in

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C#m

And I would have liked to have known you but I was just a kid

B

A

G#m

F#m

E

Your candle burned out long before your legend ever did |

B

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B7

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B7

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E

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B

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E

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Loneliness was tough, the toughest role - you ever played

B7

E

A

E

A

Hollywood created a superstar - and pain was the price you paid

E

A

Even when you died, oh the press still hounded you

E

Esus4

E

A

All the papers had to say was that Marilyn - was found in the nude

B

E

A

And it seems to me you lived your life like a candle in the wind

E

Esus4

E#

B

Never knowing who to cling to when the rain set in

A

C#m

And I would have liked to have known you but I was just a kid

B

A

G#m

F#m

E

Your candle burned out long before your legend ever did |

B

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B7

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B7

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E

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B

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E

A

Goodbye Norma Jean, though I never knew you at all

B7

E

A

E

A

You had the grace to hold yourself while those around you crawled

E

A

Goodbye Norma Jean, from the young man in the 22nd row

B7

E

Who sees you as something as more than sexual

A

E

A

G#m7

F#m7

more than just our Marilyn Monroe

B

E

A

And it seems to me you lived your life like a candle in the wind

E

Esus4

E#

B

Never knowing who to cling to when the rain set in

A

C#m

And I would have liked to have known you but I was just a kid

B

A

G#m

F#m

E

Your candle burned out long before your legend ever did |

B

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B7

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E

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B7

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E

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B

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F

C/e

Dm

F/c

Bb

F

C/e

F

Gm

Bb

C

C/e

When are you gonna come down?

F

F/a

Bb

When are you going to land?

Eb

Bb

C

I should have stayed on the farm

C/e

F

I should have listened to my old man

Gm

Bb

C

C/e

You know you can't hold me forever

F

F/a

Bb

I didn't sign up with you

Eb

Bb

C

C/e

I'm not a present for your friends to open

F

C

C/e

F

Db

Eb

This boy's too young to be singing the blues

Ab

Cm/g

Fm

Ab/eb

Ah!_________

Fdim/b

C

C/e

Ah!______

F

A

So goodbye yellow brick road

Bb

F

C/e

Where the dogs of society howl

D7

Gm7

Gm7/bb

You can't plant me in your penthouse

C

C/e

F

C/e

I'm going back to my plough

Dm

A

Back to the howling old owl in the woods

Bb

Db

Hunting the horny back toad

Db

C

F

C/e

Dm

F/c

Oh I've finally decided my future lies

Bb

C7

Db

Eb

Beyond the yellow brick ro_____________ad

Ab

Cm/g

Fm

Ab/eb

Ah!_________

Fdim/b

C

C/e

F

Ah!______________

Gm

Gm/bb

C

C/e

What do you think you'll do then

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F/a

Bb

I bet that'll shoot down your plane

Eb

Bb

C

C/e

It'll take you a couple of vodka and tonics

F

To set you on your feet again

Gm

Gm/bb

C

C/e

Maybe you'll get a replacement

F

F/a

Bb

There's plenty like me to be found

Eb

Bb

C

C/e

Mongrels who ain't got a penny

F

C

C/e

F

Db

Eb

Sniffing for tidbits like you on the ground

Ab

Cm/g

Fm

Ab/eb

Ah!_________

Fdim/b

C

C/e

Ah!______

F

A

So goodbye yellow brick road

Bb

F

C/e

Where the dogs of society howl

D7

Gm7

Gm7/bb

You can't plant me in your penthouse

C

C/e

F

C/e

I'm going back to my plough

B

F#

B7sus4

E

B

F#

B7sus4

E

B

F#

A

E

B

Em

D

G

Why's it never light on my lawn

Am

G

Bm

C

D

Why does it rain and never say good-day to the new-born

C6

D

Em

D

G

On the big screen they showed us the sun

Am

G

Bm

C

D

But not as bright in life as the real one

Am

G

Bm

C

D

It's never quite the same as the real one

B

F#/b

And tell me grey seal

B7sus4

How does it feel

E/b

To be so wise

B

F#/b

To see through eyes

B7sus4

E/b

That only see what's real

B

F#

A

E

B

Tell me grey seal

A

D

Bbm

G

F

C

A

D

Bbm

G

F

C

Em

D

G

I never learned why meteors were formed

Am

G

Bm

C

D

I only farmed in schools that were so worn and torn

Em

D

G

If anyone can cry then so can I

Am

G

Bm

C

D

I read books and draw life from the eye

Am

G

Bm

C

D

All my life is drawings from the eye

B

F#/b

And tell me grey seal

B7sus4

How does it feel

E/b

To be so wise

B

F#/b

To see through eyes

B7sus4

E/b

That only see what's real

B

F#

A

E

B

Tell me grey seal

G

D

G

Your mission bells were wrought by ancient men

Am

G

The roots were formed by twisted roots

Bm

C

D

Your roots were twisted then

G

D

G

I was re-born before all life could die

Am

G

Bm

C

D

The Phoenix bird will leave this world to fly___

Am

G

Bm

C

D

If the Phoenix bird can fly then so can I

B

F#/b

And tell me grey seal

B7sus4

How does it feel

E/b

To be so wise

B

F#/b

To see through eyes

B7sus4

E/b

That only see what's real

B

F#

A

E

B

Tell me grey seal

Dsus4

D7

G

I'm back on dry land once again

Gmaj7

Opportunity awaits me like a rat in the drain

Dm

G7

C

We're all hunting honey with money to burn

Cm

G/b

Am

D

Just a short time to show you the tricks that we've learned

G

If the boys all behave themselves here

Gmaj7

Well there's pretty young ladies and beer in the rear

Dm

G7

C

You won't need a gutter to sleep in tonight

Cm

G/b

Am

D

Oh the prices I charge here will see you alright

G

So she lays down beside me again

Gmaj7

My sweet painted lady, the one with no name

Dm

G7

C

Many have used her and many still do

C

G/b

Am

D

There's a place in the world for a woman like you

G

F#

Oh sweet painted lady

F

E7

Seems it's always been the same

Am7

D

Getting paid for being laid

G

Am7

Guess that's the name of the game

G

F#

Oh sweet painted lady

F

E7

Seems it's always been the same

Am7

D

Getting paid for being laid

G

Am7

D

Guess that's the name of the game

G

D7

Oh!

G

Forget us we'll have gone very soon

Gmaj7

Just forget we ever slept in your rooms

Dm

G7

C

And we'll leave the smell of the sea in your beds

Cm

G/b

Am

D

Where love's just a job and nothing is said

G

So she lays down beside me again

Gmaj7

My sweet painted lady, the one with no name

Dm

G7

C

Many have used her and many still do

C

G/b

Am

D

There's a place in the world for a woman like you

Repeat

G

F#

F

E7

Am7

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G

Am7

D

G

F#

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E7

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Am7

D

G

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/b

/d

/a

/b

/a

D

/a

/b

/d

/a

/b

/a

Cadd2

Bm

A

G

I've seen a lot of women who haven't had much luck

D

A

C

I've seen you looking like you've been run down by a truck

Bm

A

G

That ain't nice to say sometimes I guess I'm really hard

D

A

C

D

But I'm gonna put a buckshot in your pants if you step into my yard

/a

/b

/d

/a

/b

/a

D

/a

/b

/d

/a

/b

/a

Cadd2

Bm

A

G

When I watch the police come by and move you on

D

A

C

Well I sometimes wonder what's beneath the mess you've become

Bm

A

G

Well you may have been a pioneer in the trade of women's wear

D

A

C

D

But all you got was a mop up job washing other people's stairs

G

/b

/d

/b

D

I'm gonna tell the world, you're a dirty little girl

Em

C

D

Someone grab that bitch by the ears

Bm

A

G

Rub her down. Scrub her back. Turn her inside out

D

A7

Em

Bm

A7

D

Cuz I bet she, I bet she, I bet she - oh I bet she hasn't had a bath in years

/a

/b

/d

/a

/b

/a

D

/a

/b

/d

/a

/b

/a

Cadd2

Bm

A

G

Here's my own belief about all the dirty girls

D

A

C

that you have to clean the oyster to find the pearl

Bm

A

G

And like rags that belong to you I belong to myself

D

A

C

D

So don't show up around here till your social worker's helped

G

/b

/d

/b

D

I'm gonna tell the world, you're a dirty little girl

Em

C

D

Someone grab that bitch by the ears

Bm

A

G

Rub her down. Scrub her back. Turn her inside out

D

A7

Em

Bm

A7

D

Cuz I bet she, I bet she, I bet she - oh I bet she hasn't had a bath in years

/a

/b

/d

/a

/b

/a

D

/a

/b

/d

/a

/b

/a

Cadd2

Bm

A

G

Oh

Bm

A

G

Oh!

G

/b

/d

/b

D

I'm gonna tell the world, you're a dirty little girl

Em

C

D

Someone grab that bitch by the ears

Bm

A

G

Rub her down. Scrub her back. Turn her inside out

D

A7

Em

Bm

A7

D

Cuz I bet she, I bet she, I bet she - oh I bet she hasn't had a bath in years

Bm

Dirty little girl

D

Bm

Dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty little girl

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Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

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Sweet Painted Lady

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