Elton John – The Captain And The Kid (Guitar)

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THE CAPTAIN AND THE KID -- ELTON JOHN, "The Captain and The Kid"(2006) Exact chords tabbed out by ClassicalfreaK, 2015 ====================================================================== INTRO F | Bb | F | Dm F | Bb | F | Dm VERSE
F                      Bb/F F
 I've been out on this road some

                             Am7                Dm
Can't help feeling I've been showing my friends around

             Bb                   F/A
I've seen it growing from next to nothing

       Gm7   F/A            C7
Into a giant eating up your town
VERSE
F                                Bb/F F
Called up the tea leaves and the ta - rots

                         Am7                     Dm
Asked the gypsy what she sees in the palm of our hands

          Bb           F/A
She saw a mountain and wild deer running

  Gm7                  F/A    C7
A crazy kid becoming a better man
BRIDGE
       Gm7
But we stuck around for the fireworks

        Bb C7
Waiting to explode

           A7             Dm
Shaped our futures, you a tumbleweed

    Bb                   C
And me on a yellow brick road

             Gm7
Pleasing the people some of the time

           Bb     C7
For better or for worse

         A7                  Dm
An urban soul in a fine silk suit

                Bb        G/B      C7
And a heart out west in a Wrangler shirt
CHORUS
                 F                      Dm
And you can't go back and if you try it fails

           Bb                  F/C 
Looking up ahead I see a rusty nail

                    F                    Dm
A sign hanging from it saying "Truth for sale"

                   Bb
And that's what we did

   G/B              F/C
No lies at all just one more tale

          C       A7/C#   Dm
About the Captain and the Kid

    (guitar riff)
   Dm
e||-------1---------1|--------1--------||
A||3----1-3-3----1-3-|3----1-3-3-------||
G||----2-------2-----|----2------------||
D||------------------|-----------------||
A||------------------|-----------------||
E||------------------|-----------------||
VERSE
F                     Bb/F     F
We've been missing at times in action

                      C                    Dm
Can't imagine what he said he might do for you

          Bb                 F/A
The devil got to come to the party sometimes

       Gm7          F/A         C7
But he never got to wear our shoes

         F           Bb/F       F
Oh we've conjured up what we created

                         C                       Dm
Way back then when I was standing up in six-inch heels

           Bb         F/A       
Now you're riding off into the sunset

    Gm7                F/A              C7
And I'm still spinning like a Catherine wheel
BRIDGE
       Gm7                  
But we stuck around for the battle

        Bb    C7
Waiting for a plan

            A7                    Dm
To turn you into the Brown Dirt Cowboy

    Bb               C7
And me into a rocket man

               Gm7                
It pleases the people some of the time

        Bb       C7
Digging into our roots

            A7                Dm
But I got a brand new pair of shoes

                Bb       G/B        C7
And you're on a horse in old cowboy boots
CHORUS
                 F                      Dm
And you can't go back and if you try it fails

           Bb                  F/C 
Looking up ahead I see a rusty nail

                    F                    Dm
A sign hanging from it saying "Truth for sale"

                   Bb
And that's what we did

   G/B              F/C
No lies at all just one more tale

          C       A7/C#   Dm
About the Captain and the Kid

   Dm
e||-------1---------1|--------1--------||
A||3----1-3-3----1-3-|3----1-3-3-------||
G||----2-------2-----|----2------------||
D||------------------|-----------------||
A||------------------|-----------------||
E||------------------|-----------------||

                 F                      Dm
And you can't go back and if you try it fails

           Bb                  F/C 
Looking up ahead I see a rusty nail

                    F                    Dm
A sign hanging from it saying "Truth for sale"

                   Bb
And that's what we did

   G/B              F/C
No lies at all just one more tale

          C       A7/C#   Dm
About the Captain and the Kid
OUTRO F | Bb | F | Dm F | Bb | F | Dm
F | Bb | F | Dm
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