Goodbye Yellow Brick Road chords by Sara Bareilles

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Key: Bb majorBb

Difficulty: Novice

INTRO:

G5G5  G5G5   G5G5   G5G5
G5/G G5/Bb G5/C  G5G5
G5/F G5/A G5/Bb G5G5
G5/Eb G5/D  G5/C  G5G5
G5/F G5G5   G5G5   G5G5

VERSE 1:

G5/G  G5/Bb  G5/C  G5G5
When are you gonna come down?
G5/F  G5/A  G5/Bb  G5G5
When are you going to land?
G5/Eb  G5/D  G5/C  G5G5
I should have stayed on the farm
G5/F   G5G5   G5G5   G5G5
I should have listened to my old man
G5/G  G5/Bb  G5/C  G5G5
You know you can't hold me forever
G5/F  G5/A  G5/Bb  G5G5
I didn't sign up with you
G5/Eb   G5/D   G5/C   G5G5
I'm not a present for your friends to open
G5/F   G5G5    G5G5    G5G5
This boy's too young to be singing the

F5/Db     F5/Eb
blues...
F5/Ab     F5/Db
Ooooh...
F5/Bb     F5/C
aaaaah...
F5F5  (this is 2 beats only)

CHORUS:

 F5/F     F5/A
So, goodbye, yellow brick road
F5/Bb     F5/F
Where the dogs of society howl (add an e on F5F5)
F5/D     F5/G
You can't plant me in your penthouse
F5/C     F5/F
I'm going back to my plough (add an e on F5F5)
F5/D     F5/A
Back to the howling old owl in the woods
F5/Bb     F5/Db
Hunting the horny back toad
F5F5   F5/Eb   F5/F   F5/E
Oh,  I've finally decided my future lies
F5/D  F5/C  F5/Bb  F5/C
Beyond the yellow brick
F5/Db  F5F5  F5/Eb  F5F5
road...
F5F5  F5F5  F5F5  F5F5 '/Gb

VERSE 2:

 G minorGm    Gm/Bb    C majorC    C/EC/E
So, what do you think you'll do then?
FF    F/AF/A    Bb majorBb    Bb/DBb/D
I bet they shoot down your plane
Eb MajorEb   Eb/GEb/G     C majorC     C/Eb
It'll take you a couple of vodka and tonics
FF
To set you on your feet again
G minorGm       C majorC
Maybe you'll get a replacement
FF       Bb majorBb
There's plenty like me to be found
Eb MajorEb       C7C7
Mongrels who ain't got a penny
FF
Sniffing for tidbits like you on the
DbDb       Eb MajorEb
ground.....
AbAb       DbDb
Oh, aaahhh...
BbmBbm      Eb MajorEb
Aaaahhh...
Eb MajorEb {2/4}

CHORUS:

FF       A7A7
So, goodbye, yellow brick road
Bb majorBb       FF
Where the dogs of society howl, You
D7D7       G minorGm
can't plant me in your penthouse, I'm
C majorC       FF
going back to my plough
DmDm        A7A7
Back to the howling old owl in the woods
Bb majorBb      DbDb
Hunting the horny back toad
 '/Db Eb MajorEb   FF    C/EC/E
Oh, I've finally decided my
DmDm   Dm/C   Bb majorBb     C majorC
future lies ....Beyond the yellow brick
DbDb  Db/F  Eb MajorEb  Eb/GEb/G
Rooooaaaaddd...
AbAb  Ab/C  DbDb  Db/F
Aaaahhhhh...
DbDb  Db/F  Eb MajorEb  Eb/GEb/G
Oooahhhhh...
AbAb  Ab/C  DbDb  Db/F
Aaaahhhhh...
DbDb  Db/F  Eb MajorEb  Eb MajorEb
Oooahhhhh...
Eb MajorEb  Eb MajorEb  Eb MajorEb  Eb MajorEb
(ralentendo)
Eb MajorEb  Eb MajorEb
(2 beats)

F5/F     F5/A
So, goodbye, yellow brick road
F5/Bb    F5/F  'e
Where the dogs of society howl, You
F5/D     F5/G
can't plant me in your penthouse, I'm
F5/C     F5/F  'e
going back to my plough
F5/D     F5/A
Back to the howling old owl in the woods
F5/Bb    F5/Db
Hunting the horny back toad...
F5F5  F5F5  F5F5  F5F5
....
F5F5  F5/Eb
...Oh, I've
F5/F  F5/E  F5/D  F5/C
finally decided my future lies
F5/Bb  F5/A  F5/G  F5/C
...          ...I've
F5/F  F5/E  F5/D  F5/C
finally decided my future lies
F5/Bb  F5/A  F5/G  F5/C
...          ...I've
F5/F  F5/E  F5/D  F5/C
finally decided my future lies
F5/Bb  F5F5   F5/C   F5F5
Beyond...  ...the yellow brick
F5/Db F5F5 F5F5 F5F5
road....
F5/Eb F5F5 F5F5 F5F5
F5/F F5F5 F5F5 F5F5
FF