Elton John – Goodbye Yellow Brick Road (Guitar Acoustic Tab)
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Title: Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
Artist: Elton John
Author and Copyright: MississippiHans (arr.+tab.)
Time: 4/4, Tempo: Q=110, Capo: 2, optionally. 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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