Elton John : Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
1973
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- Candle In The Wind
- Bennie And The Jets
- Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
- This Song Has No Title
- Grey Seal
- Sweet Painted Lady
- Dirty Little Girl
- Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting
Candle In The Wind
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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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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
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
A
C#m
And I would have liked to have known you but I was just a kid
B
A
A
A
G#m
F#m
E
Your candle burned out long before your legend ever did
E
A
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
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
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
A
A
G#m
F#m
E
Your candle burned out long before your legend ever did
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
A
E
A
G#m7
F#m7
Who sees you as something as more than sexual, 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
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
A
A
G#m
F#m
E
Your candle burned out long before your legend ever did
Bennie And The Jets
Gmaj7
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Fmaj7
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Am7
D7
Hey kids, shake it loose together
G
G#dim
The spotlight's hitting something that's been known to change the weather
Am7
D
Em
We'll kill the fatted calf tonight so stick around
Am
Bm
C
You're gonna hear electric music, solid walls of sound
G
Say, Candy and Ronnie, have you seen them yet?
Am
C
Oh, but they're so spaced out, B-B-B-Bennie and the Jets
G
Am
Oh but they're weird and they're wonderful, oh Bennie she's really keen
C
D
Em
Em7
She's got electric boots, a mohair suit, you know I read it in a magazine
C
Bb/c
D
Gmaj7
Fmaj7
Oh-oh! Bennie and the Jets
Am7
D7
Hey kids, plug into the faithless
G
G#dim
Maybe they're blinded but Bennie makes them ageless
Am7
D
Em
We shall survive, let us take ourselves along
Am
Bm
C
Where we fight our parents out in the streets to find who's right and who's wrong
Say, Candy and Ronnie, have you seen them yet?
Oh, but they're so spaced out, B-B-B-Bennie and the Jets
Oh but they're weird and they're wonderful, oh Bennie she's really keen
She's got electric boots, a mohair suit, you know I read it in a magazine
Oh-oh! Bennie and the Jets
Gmaj7
| | Fmaj7
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Bennie! Bennie and the Jets!
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
F
C/e
Dm
F/c
Bb
F
C/e
F
Gm
Bb
C
/e
When are you gonna come down?
F
/a
Bb
When are you going to land?
Eb
Bb
C
/e
I should have stayed on the farm
F
I should have listened to my old man
Gm
Bb
C
/e
You know you can't hold me forever
F
/a
Bb
I didn't sign up for you
Eb
Bb
C
/e
I'm not a present for your friends to open
F
C
C/e
F
Db
Db
Eb
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
/bb
You can't plant me in your penthouse
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
Db
Eb
Eb
Beyond the yellow brick road ...
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
F
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
/e
Maybe you'll get a replacement
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
Db
Eb
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
/bb
You can't plant me in your penthouse
C
/e
F
C/e
I'm going back to my plough
This Song Has No Title
F
Dm
Am
Bb
F
Tune me in to the wild side of life
Bb
F
C
F
C/e
I'm an innocent young child sharp as a knife
Dm
Am
Bb
F
Take me to the garrets where the artists have died
Bb
A7
Dm
C
Dm
Show me the courtrooms where the judges have lied
Dm
Am
Bb
F
Let me drink deeply from the water and the wine
Bb
F
C
F
C/e
Light colored candles in dark dreary mines
Dm
Am
Bb
F
Look in the mirror and stare at myself
Bb
A7
Dm
C
Dm
And wonder if that's really me on the shelf
Bb
Eb
And each day I learn just a little bit more
Ab
Db
I don't know why but I do know what for
Bb
Eb7
Ab
If we're all going somewhere let's get there soon
Db
Gb
G
Bb/c
F/c
C
For this song's got no title just words and a tune
Dm
Am
Bb
F
Take me down alleys where the murders are done
Bb
F
C
F
C/e
In a vast high powered rocket to the core of the sun
Dm
Am
Bb
F
Want to read books in the studies of men
Bb
A7
Dm
C
Dm
Born on the breeze and die on the wind
Dm
F/c
Bb
F
If I was an artist who paints with his eyes
Bb
F
C
F
I'd study my subject and silently cry
Dm
Bb
F
Cry for the darkness to come down over me
Bb
A7
Dm
A7
Dm
For confusion to carry on turning the wheel
Bb
Eb
And each day I learn just a little bit more
Ab
Db
I don't know why but I do know what for
Bb
Eb7
Ab
If we're all going somewhere let's get there soon
Db
Gb
G
Bb/c
F/c
C
F
For this song's got no title just words and a tune
Grey Seal
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
(C6
D
)
Why does it rain and never say good-day to the newborn
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
E/b
How does it feel 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
F
C
A
D
Bbm
G
F
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
And tell me grey seal
How does it feel to be so wise?
To see through eyes
That only see what's real?
Tell me grey seal
Em
D
G
Your mission bells were wrought by ancient men
Am
G
Bm
C
D
The roots were formed by twisted roots, your roots were twisted then
Em
D
G
I was reborn 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
And tell me grey seal
How does it feel to be so wise?
To see through eyes
That only see what's real?
Tell me grey seal
Dsus4
D7
Sweet Painted Lady
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
Oh sweet painted lady
Seems it's always been the same
Getting paid for being laid
Guess that's the name of the game
Oh sweet painted lady
Seems it's always been the same
Getting paid for being laid
Guess that's the name of the game
Oh!
Dirty Little Girl
D/a
/b
/d
/d
/a
/b
/a
D
D/a
/b
/d
/d
/a
/b
/a
Cadd2
D/a
/b
/d
/d
/a
/b
/a
(Bm
)
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
But I'm gonna put a buckshot in your pants if you step into my yard
D/a
/b
/d
/d
/a
/b
/a
D
D/a
/b
/d
/d
/a
/b
/a
Cadd2
D/a
/b
/d
/d
/a
/b
/a
(Bm
)
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
But all you got was a mop up job washing other people's stairs
D
How'd you do? How'd do you? How'd you do? 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
'Cause I bet she, I bet she, I bet she
Bm
A7
D
Oh, I bet she hasn't had a bath in a year!
D/a
/b
/d
/d
/a
/b
/a
D
D/a
/b
/d
/d
/a
/b
/a
Cadd2
D/a
/b
/d
/d
/a
/b
/a
(Bm
)
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
So don't show up around here till your social worker's helped
D
How'd you do? How'd do you? How'd you do? 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
'Cause I bet she, I bet she, I bet she
Bm
A7
D
Oh, I bet she hasn't had a bath in a year!
D/a
/b
/d
/d
/a
/b
/a
D
D/a
/b
/d
/d
/a
/b
/a
Cadd2
D/a
/b
/d
/d
/a
/b
/a
(Bm
)
Bm
A
G
Bm
A
G
Oh! Oh!
D
A7
Em
'Cause I bet she, I bet she, I bet she
Bm
A7
D
Oh, I bet she hasn't had a bath in a year!
Bm
D
Dirty little girl, dirty little girl
D
Bm
Dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty, dirty little girl
Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting
G/d
F/c
G
F/g
G
F/g
G
It's getting late have you seen my mates
F
Ma tell me when the boys get here
C
It's seven o'clock and I want to rock
G
Want to get a belly full of beer
My old man's drunker than a barrel full of monkeys
And my old lady she don't care
My sister looks cute in her braces and boots
A handful of grease in her hair
Dm7
Oh...
C
Don't give us none of your aggravation
Bb
We had it with your discipline
F
Saturday night's alright for fighting
C
Get a little action in
Get about as oiled as a diesel train
Gonna set this dance alight
'Cause Saturday night's the night I like
Saturday night's alright
C/e
/f
/f#
G
/f
/e
Alright! Alright!
Cm7/eb
D7sus4
C
Ooh... ooh, ooh, ooh
G
Dm
F
Well they're packed pretty tight in here tonight
I'm looking for a dolly who'll see me right
I may use a little muscle to get what I need
I may sink a little drink and shout out "She's with me!"
A couple of the sounds that I really like
Are the sounds of a switch-blade and a motorbike
I'm a juvenile product of the working class
Whose best friend floats in the bottom of a glass
Oh...
Don't give us none of your aggravation
We had it with your discipline
Saturday night's alright for fighting
Get a little action in
Get about as oiled as a diesel train
Gonna set this dance alight
'Cause Saturday night's the night I like
Saturday night's alright
Alright! Alright!
Cm7/eb
Dm7b5
C
Ooh... ooh, ooh, ooh
C
Bb
F
C
Dm7
Oh...
Don't give us none of your aggravation
We had it with your discipline
Saturday night's alright for fighting
Get a little action in
Get about as oiled as a diesel train
Gonna set this dance alight
'Cause Saturday night's the night I like
Saturday night's alright
Alright! Alright!
Ooh... ooh, ooh, ooh
C
Bb
F
C
C
Saturday, Saturday, Saturday
Bb
Saturday, Saturday, Saturday
F
C
Saturday, Saturday, Saturday night's alright, woo!
C
Bb
F
C
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