Goodbye Yellow Brick Road tab by Elton John

Tabs

• Capo on 2nd

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


Beats on eighths are marked "+". Let ring. Use thumb-fretting.
Play bass quarters with your right-hand thumb and insert melody/harmony notes.
The chord names above the tab lines indicate the left-hand position. "!" marks chords with bar/half-bar shape.
Play with swinging (triplet) feel. Mind the syncopated early chord changes.

Verse:
  DmDm +   +   +    G+G   +   +    C majorC +   +   +    FF   +   +
E MajorE|-------------1--1--5---|/7-------------------|-0--0-----0--3--3--3---|-5-------------------|
BB|-3--3-----3------------|---------------------|-----------------------|---------------------|
G+G|-----------------------|--------0-----0------|-----------------------|--------5-----5------|
D MajorD|-------0-----------0---|-----0-----------0---|-------2-----------2---|-----3-----------3---|
A augmentedA|-------------0---------|---------------------|-3---------------------|-0---------0---------|
E MajorE|-1---------------------|-7---------7---------|-------------3---------|---------------------|
  When are you gonna come down         When are you going to  land?

  F6F6 +   +   +    G+G +   +   +   +  C majorC +   +   +  C majorC      +   +
E MajorE|-------------1--1--1---|-3-----5-\3----p1--------|----------0--------/8---|---------------------|
BB|-3--3-----3------------|----------------------0--|-1--1--1--------1-------|---------------------|
G+G|-----------------------|----0--------------------|------------------------|--------0-----0------|
D MajorD|-------3-----------3---|-------0-----------0-----|-------2------------0---|---------------------|
A augmentedA|-------------0---------|-------------2-----------|-3----------------------|-----7-----------7---|
E MajorE|-1---------------------|-3-----------------------|-------------3----------|-8---------8---------|
I should have stayed on the farm, I should have   Listened to my old man

  DmDm +   +   +   +  G+G +   +   +    C majorC +   +   +    FF   +   +
E MajorE|-1--1--1--1--------------|-----------------------|-0--0--0--3-----3-/5---|---------------------|
BB|-------------------------|----0------------------|-----------------------|---------------------|
G+G|----------------2--2--2--|----------0-----0------|-----------------------|--------5-----5------|
D MajorD|-------0-----------0-----|-------0-----------0---|-------2-----------0---|-----3-----------3---|
A augmentedA|-0-----------------------|-------------2---------|-3-----------3---------|-0---------0---------|
E MajorE|-------------1-----------|-3---------------------|-----------------------|---------------------|
You know you can't hold me for- ever        I didn't sign up with you

  F6F6 +   +   +    G+G +   +   +   +  C majorC +   +   +      +   +   +
E MajorE|----------1-----1--1---|-3-----5-\3--------------|-----------------------|----0--------------3---|
BB|-3--3------------------|----------------3----p0--|-1-----1--1-----3-p0---|-1---------------------|
G+G|-----------------------|----0--------------------|----0------------------|----------0-----0------|
D MajorD|-------3---------------|-------0-----------0-----|-------2-----------2---|-------2-----------0---|
A augmentedA|-------------------3---|-------------2-----------|-3---------------------|-3-----------------2---|
E MajorE|-1-----------1---------|-3-----------------------|-------------3---------|-------------3---------|
I'm not a present for your friends to open   This boy's too young to be  singing      the


Bridge:
  Ab!       Bb! +    +    Eb!  +     Ab!  +     Fm!       G+G   +
E MajorE|-4a------------|-------------------|-3a--------------|-----------------|-4a------------|-----------------|
BB|-4a------------|-3a----------1-p3--|-4a-----6p4--p3--|-4a--------------|-1a-----1------|-3a--------------|
G+G|-5a-----5------|-3a-----3----------|-3a--------------|-5a-----5--------|-1a------------|-0a-----0-----0--|
D MajorD|-----6------6--|-----3----------3--|-----5--------3--|-----6--------6--|-----3------3--|-----0--------0--|
A augmentedA|--------6------|-------------------|-----------------|----------6------|---------------|----------2------|
E MajorE|-4a------------|-1a-------1--------|-3a-------3------|-4a--------------|-1a-----1------|-3a--------------|
  Blu-  uu-   ues         Ah   ah-ah ah- ah        Ah-  ah-   ah      So

Chorus:
  C majorC +   +   +    E MajorE   +   +    FF     +    C majorC         A augmentedA   +   +   +
E MajorE|-----------------------|---------------------|-------------------|-----------------|-0---0-----0--1-p0-----|
BB|-1--1-----1------------|-0a------------------|-------------------|-----------------|--------------------3--|
G+G|----------------0------|-1a-----1-----1------|-2---2---2---------|-0a----------0---|--------2--------------|
D MajorD|-------2-----------2---|-----2-----------2---|-----3------3------|-2a--2-------2---|-----2-----------2-----|
A augmentedA|-3---------------------|-----------2---------|---------------3---|-3a--------------|-0---------------------|
E MajorE|-------------3---------|-0a------------------|-1-------1---------|---------3-------|-----------0-----------|
  Goodbye yellow brick  road    where the dogs of society   howl    You can't plant me in your

  DmDm +        G+G   +   +    C majorC   +   +    A minorAm +   +   +   +  E MajorE +   +   +
E MajorE|------------------|--------------------|--------------------|-0--0-----0-------------|---------------------|
BB|------------------|-0---0-----0-h1-h3--|--------------------|-------------1--------0-|----0--0--0----------|
G+G|----2----------2--|--------0-----------|-0------0-----0-----|----------------2-------|----------------1----|
D MajorD|-------0-------0--|-----0-----------0--|-----2-----------2--|-------2-----------2----|-------2-----------2-|
A augmentedA|-0----------------|-----------2--------|-3------------------|-0----------------------|-------------2-------|
E MajorE|-----------1------|-3------------------|-----------3--------|-------------0----------|-0-------------------|
penthouse    I'm going back to my plough          Back to the howling old owl in the woods

  FF +     +    Ab!     G!  C majorC +   + E minorEm +    Am! +   +      FF   + G+G +
E MajorE|---------------------|-----------------|-------------0--0--3---|-5--5--5-------------|---------------------|
BB|-1--1--1-------------|-4a----------3---|-1--1-----1--0--0--0---|-5--5--5-------------|-1------1--0-h1--3---|
G+G|-----------2---------|-5a----------4---|-----------------------|----------5------0---|-2------2------------|
D MajorD|-------3------3------|-----6-------5---|-------2-----------2---|-------5---------0---|-----3---------------|
A augmentedA|-----------------3---|---------6-------|-3---------------------|-0-----------0-------|-----------------2---|
E MajorE|-1---------1---------|-4a--------------|-------------0---------|---------------------|-1---------3---------|
  Hunting the horny back toad   Oh I've finally decided, my   future lies   Be-  yond the yellow brick


Bridge:    ... as above plus 2 additional bars ...
  Ab!       Bb! +    +    Eb!  +     Ab!  +     Fm!       G+G   +
E MajorE|-4a------------|-------------------|-3a--------------|-----------------|-4a------------|-----------------|
BB|-4a------------|-3a----------1-p3--|-4a-----6p4--p3--|-4a--------------|-1a-----1------|-3a--------------|
G+G|-5a-----5------|-3a-----3----------|-3a--------------|-5a-----5--------|-1a------------|-0a-----0-----0--|
D MajorD|-----6------6--|-----3----------3--|-----5--------3--|-----6--------6--|-----3------3--|-----0--------0--|
A augmentedA|--------6------|-------------------|-----------------|----------6------|---------------|----------2------|
E MajorE|-4a------------|-1a-------1--------|-3a-------3------|-4a--------------|-1a-----1------|-3a--------------|
  Roa-  aa-   aad         Ah   ah-ah ah- ah        Ah-  ah-   ah

  C majorC   +   +        +   +
E MajorE|-0a------------------|---------------------|
BB|-1a------------------|---------------------|
G+G|--------0-----0------|--------0-----0------|
D MajorD|-----2-----------2---|-----2-----------2---|
A augmentedA|-3a------------------|-3-------------------|
E MajorE|-----------3---------|-----------3---------|

Verse:

What do you think you'll do then
I bet they'll shoot down your plane
It'll take you a couple of vodka and tonics
To set you on your feet again
Maybe you'll get a replacement
There's plenty like me to be found
Mongrels who ain't got a penny
Sniffing for tit-bits like you on the

Ground...  Ah..ah..ah..ah...  Ah..ah..ah

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| a  Arpeggio: all notes in the chord are played harp-like in one beat in fast sequence
| h  Hammer-on
| p  Pull-off
| /  Slide up
| \  Slide down

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