Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy chords by Elton John

"Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy"

from the album of the same name

written by Elton John/Bernie Taupin

Transcribed/tabbed by Scot the Hoople (scotthehoople@cox.net)

Here's one of my all-time favorite songs from E.J. (or from any artist, =
for that matter). Pick out the opening melody, making the transition =
from picked notes to chords as smooth as possible. I found it's smoother =
to use a barre G for the first chord. Your middle finger should fret the =
slide to the B note on the 4th fret G string, allowing you to grab the =
barre G chord easily.=20

This is my first tab (all my own work!), so feel free to submit =
corrections or write to tell me what you think. Enjoy!

Intro:

    G       C       G       Em

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___0_2s4________2s4_2_2p0___________________2h4p2p0____________

0h2____________________________0h2_2_2p0____________2__________

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Play 2X

Verse 1:

Am      (B)  C       G  D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D

Captain Fantastic, raised... ...hero

G      C    D

Someone his mother...

Am       G     Dm7  G

Very clearly a case for...

C      Cm G   Em

Two teas, ...   ...alley

Verse 2:

Am         (B)  C

While little Dirt Cowboys ...=20

C  G       D     Dsus4 D Dsus2 D

Swee-eet chocolate biscuits...

  G    C    D

And red rosy apples...

     Am    G  Dm7  G

For it's hay make...

C             Cm

Are there chances in life...

G           Bb  C  G

Should I make my way...

Verse 3:

Am       (B)C

Brown Dirt Cowboy...

C     G    D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D

City-slick Captain...

  G          C  D

Fantastic the feedback...

Am     G        Dm7  G

Weak-winged young sparrows...

C              Cm

Broken young children... ...wheels...

G              Bb      C  G

And the '68 summer festival wallflowers...

Chorus:

Em          C F C (4X)

For cheap easy meals...

Em          C F C (4X)

Too hot for the band...

G        C   G  C  G

We've thrown in towel...

      C    G  C

Captain Fantastic ...=20

Bb     C   G

End of the world...

Repeat Intro 1X

Verse 4:

Am           (B) C

And all this talk of Jesus...=20

C  G         D  Dsus4 D Dsus2 D

Mmm-mmm couldn't fool us...

G              C   D

For we were spinning out our lines...

Am      G  Dm7

Hand in hand...

G        C     Cm

Captain and the Kid... ...ring

G          Bb  C  G

>From here on sonny...

Chorus:

Em          C F C (4X)

For cheap easy meals...

Em          C F C (4X)

Too hot for the band...

G        C   G  C  G

We've thrown in towel...

      C    G  C

Captain Fantastic ...=20

Bb     C   G

End of the world...

Repeat last 2 lines of Chorus

Repeat Intro 4X