Originally in F, I play in D
Intro
| D | A/C# | Bm | Bm/A | G | G/A | A | D |
| → |
Vox on the 1 of the chord on “when”
| Em | G | A | A/C# |
| When are you g | onna come | down |
| D | D/F# | G |
| When are you go | ing to | land |
Vox on the same note again, now the 3 of the chord
| C | C/G | A | |
| I | should have s | tayed on th | e farm, should have |
| D |
| Listened to my old man |
| Em | G | A | A/C# | |
| You | know you can’t h | old me for | ever |
| D | D/F# | G | |
| I | didn’t sign u | p with | you |
| C | C/G | A | |
| I’m | not a pr | esent for your | friends to open |
| D | |
| This | boy’s too young to be singing |
Vox on the 3 of the chord on “blues”
| Gm7 | Gm7/D | C | C/E | |
| The | bl | ue | s |
| F | F/A | A# | A#/A |
| Ahh, | ahh |
| Gm7 | Gm7/D | A |
| Ahh, | ahh |
| D | F#7 | |
| So | goodbye yellow brick | road |
| G | D | |
| Where the | dogs of society | howl |
| B7 | Em | |
| You | can’t plant me in your | penthouse |
| A | D | D/F# | |
| I’m | going back to my | plow |
| Bm | F# |
| Back to the howling old | owl in the woods |
| G | A# |
| Hunting the horny back | toad |
| A# | C | D | A/C# | Bm | Bm/A |
| Oh | I’ve | finally de | cided my | future li | es |
| G | G/A | A | |
| Bey | ond | the y | ellow brick |
| Gm7 | Gm7/D | C | C/E |
| Roa | ooo | oad |
| F | F/A | A# | A#/A |
| Ahh, | ahh |
| Gm7 | Gm7/D | A |
| Ahh, | ahh |
| D |
| Em | G | A | A/C# |
| What do you th | ink you’ll | do then? |
| D | D/F# | G | |
| I | bet they’ll shoot d | own the pl | ane |
| C | C/G | A | |
| It’ll | take you a c | ouple of | vodka and tonics |
| D | |
| To | set you on your feet again |
| Em | G | A | A/C# |
| Maybe you’ll g | et a re | placement |
| D | D/F# | G | G/D | |
| There’s | plenty like m | e to be | found |
| C | C/G | A | A/C# |
| Mongrels | who | ain’t got a p | enny |
| D |
| Sniffing for tidbits like you |
| Gm7 | Gm7/D | C | C/E | |
| On the | grou | ou | ound |
| F | F/A | A# | A#/A |
| Ahh, | ahh |
| Gm7 | Gm7/D | A |
| Ahh, | ahh |
| D | F#7 | |
| So | goodbye yellow brick | road |
| G | D | |
| Where the | dogs of society | howl |
| B7 | Em | |
| You | can’t plant me in your | penthouse |
| A | D | D/F# | |
| I’m | going back to my | plow |
| Bm | F# |
| Back to the howling old | owl in the woods |
| G | A# |
| Hunting the horny back | toad |
| A# | C | D | A/C# | Bm | Bm/A |
| Oh | I’ve | finally de | cided my | future li | es |
| G | G/A | A | |
| Bey | ond | the y | ellow brick |
| Gm7 | Gm7/D | C | C/E |
| Roa | ooo | oad |
| F | F/A | A# | A#/A |
| Ahh, | ahh |
| Gm7 | Gm7/D | A |
| Ahh, | ahh |
| D |