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Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

by Elton John

Written by: John & Taupin

GOODBYE YELLOW BRICK ROAD John & Taupin Elton John Am D | ^When are ^you gon^na come | down nn nn nn | G C | ^When are ^you go^ing^to^land | dd dd dd ~ ^I | F D7 | ^should have ^stayed d^on^the^farm | mm mm ^should have ^lis | G Am7 C | tened to^my y^old man | nn nn / ~ ^You | know^you^cant^hold d^me^for^ev | D7 G C F | v er r rr ~^I | did^nt^sign^up p^with you | uu uu uu ~^Im | not a^pre e^sent^for^your | D7 G | friends to^o o pen ^this | boys too^young g^to be | sing^ing gg gg the | Eb F7 | blu uu es ss | ss ss ss ss | Bb Eb Cm D7 | Ah h ^ah ah hh | Ah hh hh hh | Ah hh hh hh | aah ah hh So | G E7 C | Good^bye ee Yel^low Brick | Road d d dd where^the | ^dogs of ^so ci^e^ty^howl | G A7 Am D7 | ll ll l ~ ^you | cant plant me^in^your^pent | t^house ee e^Im | ^go ing ^back k^to my | G Am E | plough hh hh hh | ^back k^to ^the how^ling^old^owl | l^in^the^woods ss ss | C Eb Bb G Em | Hun^ting^the^horn n^y back | toad dd dd dd | // ^oh Ive ^fin | al^ly^de^cid d^ed my | Am C D7 Eb F | fu^ture lies ss ~ ^be | yond d ^the yel^low brick | ro ad dd dd | dd dd dd / | Bb Eb Cm D7 | Ah h ^h hh hh | Ah hh hh hh | Ah hh hh hh | Ah hh hh hh | G Am 1. | Ah hh hh hh | / / / / | ^What do ^you think youll | D G C | do then nn ~^I | bet^thatll shoot^down your plane | ee ee ee It^ll | F D7 | take^you^a^cou u^ple^of^vod | d^ka^and^ton n ics ^to | G Am7 C | set^you^on^your feet^a gain | nn nn / / | May^be^youll^get t^a^re^place | D7 G C | e ment t tt ~ ^theres | plen^ty^like^me e^to be^found | dd dd dd / | F D7 G | Mon grels ss who| aint^got a^pen ny yy | Snif^fing for^tid d^bits like | Eb F7 | you uu on the | ground dd dd dd | dd dd dd dd | To CHORUS 2. | Ah hh hh hh ||

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Goodbye Yellow Brick Road is performed by Elton John and written by John & Taupin. This page contains the lyrics and chords as part of Jerry's Songbook collection.

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