Goodbye Yellow Brick Road tab by Elton John

• Capo on 2nd

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)


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:
   Dm +     +     +        G      +     +        C  +     +     +        F      +     +
E|-------------1--1--5---|/7-------------------|-0--0-----0--3--3--3---|-5-------------------|
B|-3--3-----3------------|---------------------|-----------------------|---------------------|
G|-----------------------|--------0-----0------|-----------------------|--------5-----5------|
D|-------0-----------0---|-----0-----------0---|-------2-----------2---|-----3-----------3---|
A|-------------0---------|---------------------|-3---------------------|-0---------0---------|
E|-1---------------------|-7---------7---------|-------------3---------|---------------------|
   When are you gonna come down                  When are you going to   land?

   F6 +     +     +        G  +     +     +     +    C  +     +     +   C            +     +
E|-------------1--1--1---|-3-----5-\3----p1--------|----------0--------/8---|---------------------|
B|-3--3-----3------------|----------------------0--|-1--1--1--------1-------|---------------------|
G|-----------------------|----0--------------------|------------------------|--------0-----0------|
D|-------3-----------3---|-------0-----------0-----|-------2------------0---|---------------------|
A|-------------0---------|-------------2-----------|-3----------------------|-----7-----------7---|
E|-1---------------------|-3-----------------------|-------------3----------|-8---------8---------|
I should have stayed on the farm, I should have      Listened to my old man

   Dm +     +     +     +    G  +     +     +        C  +     +     +        F      +     +
E|-1--1--1--1--------------|-----------------------|-0--0--0--3-----3-/5---|---------------------|
B|-------------------------|----0------------------|-----------------------|---------------------|
G|----------------2--2--2--|----------0-----0------|-----------------------|--------5-----5------|
D|-------0-----------0-----|-------0-----------0---|-------2-----------0---|-----3-----------3---|
A|-0-----------------------|-------------2---------|-3-----------3---------|-0---------0---------|
E|-------------1-----------|-3---------------------|-----------------------|---------------------|
You know you can't hold me for- ever               I didn't sign up with you

   F6 +     +     +        G  +     +     +     +    C  +     +     +           +     +     +
E|----------1-----1--1---|-3-----5-\3--------------|-----------------------|----0--------------3---|
B|-3--3------------------|----------------3----p0--|-1-----1--1-----3-p0---|-1---------------------|
G|-----------------------|----0--------------------|----0------------------|----------0-----0------|
D|-------3---------------|-------0-----------0-----|-------2-----------2---|-------2-----------0---|
A|-------------------3---|-------------2-----------|-3---------------------|-3-----------------2---|
E|-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      +
E|-4a------------|-------------------|-3a--------------|-----------------|-4a------------|-----------------|
B|-4a------------|-3a----------1-p3--|-4a-----6p4--p3--|-4a--------------|-1a-----1------|-3a--------------|
G|-5a-----5------|-3a-----3----------|-3a--------------|-5a-----5--------|-1a------------|-0a-----0-----0--|
D|-----6------6--|-----3----------3--|-----5--------3--|-----6--------6--|-----3------3--|-----0--------0--|
A|--------6------|-------------------|-----------------|----------6------|---------------|----------2------|
E|-4a------------|-1a-------1--------|-3a-------3------|-4a--------------|-1a-----1------|-3a--------------|
   Blu-   uu-      ues                 Ah     ah-ah ah-  ah                Ah-    ah-      ah           So


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

   Dm +               G      +     +       C      +     +       Am +     +     +     +   E  +     +     +
E|------------------|--------------------|--------------------|-0--0-----0-------------|---------------------|
B|------------------|-0---0-----0-h1-h3--|--------------------|-------------1--------0-|----0--0--0----------|
G|----2----------2--|--------0-----------|-0------0-----0-----|----------------2-------|----------------1----|
D|-------0-------0--|-----0-----------0--|-----2-----------2--|-------2-----------2----|-------2-----------2-|
A|-0----------------|-----------2--------|-3------------------|-0----------------------|-------------2-------|
E|-----------1------|-3------------------|-----------3--------|-------------0----------|-0-------------------|
penthouse        I'm  going back to my plough                   Back to the howling old owl in the woods

   F  +         +        Ab!         G!    C  +     +  Em +       Am! +     +            F      +  G  +
E|---------------------|-----------------|-------------0--0--3---|-5--5--5-------------|---------------------|
B|-1--1--1-------------|-4a----------3---|-1--1-----1--0--0--0---|-5--5--5-------------|-1------1--0-h1--3---|
G|-----------2---------|-5a----------4---|-----------------------|----------5------0---|-2------2------------|
D|-------3------3------|-----6-------5---|-------2-----------2---|-------5---------0---|-----3---------------|
A|-----------------3---|---------6-------|-3---------------------|-0-----------0-------|-----------------2---|
E|-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      +
E|-4a------------|-------------------|-3a--------------|-----------------|-4a------------|-----------------|
B|-4a------------|-3a----------1-p3--|-4a-----6p4--p3--|-4a--------------|-1a-----1------|-3a--------------|
G|-5a-----5------|-3a-----3----------|-3a--------------|-5a-----5--------|-1a------------|-0a-----0-----0--|
D|-----6------6--|-----3----------3--|-----5--------3--|-----6--------6--|-----3------3--|-----0--------0--|
A|--------6------|-------------------|-----------------|----------6------|---------------|----------2------|
E|-4a------------|-1a-------1--------|-3a-------3------|-4a--------------|-1a-----1------|-3a--------------|
   Roa-   aa-      aad                 Ah     ah-ah ah-  ah                Ah-    ah-      ah

   C      +     +               +     +
E|-0a------------------|---------------------|
B|-1a------------------|---------------------|
G|--------0-----0------|--------0-----0------|
D|-----2-----------2---|-----2-----------2---|
A|-3a------------------|-3-------------------|
E|-----------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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