Sir Elton Hercules John (n. Pinner, Inglaterra; 25 de marzo de 1947), es un cantante, compositor y pianista británico de música pop y rock, nacido como Reginald Kenneth Dwight Harris.
A lo largo de sus más de 40 años de carrera musical, Elton John ha vendido más de 250 millones de discos y ha colocado más de 50 canciones en las listas de éxitos, convirtiéndose en uno de los mejores músicos de todos los tiempos. En el año 2004 la revista Rolling Stone le otorgó el puesto 49 en su lista de los 100 mejores artistas de la historia.
¡Cuatro años de duro trabajo!Este mes de mayo cumplimos cuatro años al aire. Seguimos trabajando en la difusión de este maravilloso instrumento, ¡gracias por participar en nuestra historia!
Title: Goodbye Yellow Brick Road Artist: Elton John Tuning: Standard Capo: 1st Fret
Transposed from an excellent cover of this song by Gorgiarose16 on youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WkwNpFxRDFg&feature=g-u-u
Quite a few barre chords, but in general easier to play than the other versions on here which use them all the way through.
Hope you like it anyway. I've done my best to try and transpose all the chords accurately, but if you have any corrections, please leave them in the comments.
* UPDATE * Pete has subsequently posted a new tutorial for this song, which can be found here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GZp-UNr37uY&feature=g-u-u
There are a few subtle differences, so I'll leave it up to you to decide which version you like best :-)
NOTE: For all chords with a specific root note [Bm, Bm11, D/C#] , emphasise the bass note on the downstrum.
[INTRO] DD/C#Bm Bm11 GEm7* Em7** D [D Shape: quickly pluck G, E, B, G]
[VERSE 1] EmA7 When are you gonna come down DG When are you going to land Em7A7 I should have stayed on the farm, should have D listened to my old man EmA7 You know you can't hold me forever DG I didn't sign up with you C/GA7 I'm not a present for your friends to open D Dsus2 D [Quick change. Hammer back on to D] This boy's too young to be singing the GmC/GFFm7BbGmA7 bluuuues......Ah...Ah...Ah......Ah........Ah.....
[CHORUS] DF#7 So Goodbye yellow brick road GD where the dogs of society howl B11Em You can't plant me in your penthouse A7DD/C# I'm going back to my plow BmF#m Back to the howling old owl in the woods GBb Hunting the horny black toad C/GDD/C#Bm Bm11 ... Oh I've finally decided my future lies GEm7** Beyond the yellow brick GmC/GFFm7BbGmA7D [D Shape: quickly pluck G, E, B, G] rooooaaaad........Ah...Ah...Ah.......AAAaaah Ooooo
EmA7 What do you think you'll do then? DG I bet to shoot down your plane Em7A7 It'll take you a couple of vodka and tonics D to set you on your feet again EmA7 Maybe you'll get a replacement DG There's plenty like me to be found C/GA7 Mongrels who ain't got a penny D Sniffing for titbits like you on the GmC/GFFm7BbGmA7 groooound....Ah...Ah...Ah......Ah......Ah...
[REPEAT CHORUS] DF#7 So Goodbye yellow brick road GD where the dogs of society howl B11Em You can't plant me in your penthouse A7DD/C# I'm going back to my plow BmF#m Back to the howling old owl in the woods GBb Hunting the horny black toad C/GDD/C#Bm Bm11 ... Oh I've finally decided my future lies GEm7** Beyond the yellow brick GmC/GFFm7BbGmA7D rooooaaaad........Ah...Ah...Ah.......AAAaaah Ooooo