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(Gm)When are you gon na come (C)down?
I (F)When are that you goin’ down to (Bb)land?
I (Eb)should have a stayed on the (C7)farm, ka and should have to (F)lis tened to my feet old man.
You (Gm)know you can’t (Bb)hold me for (C7)ev er;
I (F)did n’t sign up with (Bb)you.
I’m (Eb)not a pres ent for your (C7)friends got to o pen; this (F)boy’s ing too young to be sing ing on the (Db)blues.
(Ab)Ah.
(Bbm)Ah.
So (F)good bye, yel low brick (A)road,
where the (Bb)dogs of so ci e ty (F)howl.
You (D)can’t plant me in your (Gm)pent house;
I’m (C)go ing back to my (F)plough,
(Dm)back to the howl ing old (A)owl in the woods,
(Bb)hunt ing the horn y backed (Db)toad.
Oh, (Eb)I’ve (F)fi n’lly de cid ed my (Dm)fu ture lies
be (Bb)yond the (C7)yel low brick (Db)road.
(Ab)Ah.
(Bbm)Ah.
(F)Ah.
(Gm)What do you think you’ll do (C)then?
I (F)bet are that ’ll shoot down your (Bb)plane.
It’ll (Eb)take you a cou ple of (C7)vod ka and ton ics to (F)set you on your feet a gain.
You (Gm)May be you’ll (Bb)get a re (C7)place ment;
there’s (F)plen ty like me to (Bb)found,
I’m (Eb)mon grels pres ent for who (C7)ain’t got a pen ny, this (F)sniff ing for tid bits like you ing on the (Db)ground.
(Ab)Ah.
(Bbm)Ah.
So (F)good bye, yel low brick (A)road,
where the (Bb)dogs of so ci e ty (F)howl.
You (D)can’t plant me in your (Gm)pent house;
I’m (C)go ing back to my (F)plough,
(Dm)back to the howl ing old (A)owl in the woods,
(Bb)hunt ing the horn y backed (Db)toad.
Oh, (Eb)I’ve (F)fi n’lly de cid ed my (Dm)fu ture lies
be (Bb)yond the (C7)yel low brick (Db)road.
(Ab)Ah.
(Bbm)Ah.
(F)Ah.
(Bbm)Ah.
(F)Ah.
This page shows “Goodbye Yellow Brick Road” by Elton John in our color-coded kid songbook view — every note is colored by pitch (red C, orange D, yellow E, green F, blue G, purple A, pink B) and the lyrics sit directly under each note, so children can sing along while they play. The song is in the key of Bb at 100 BPM, a slightly more challenging arrangement — practice each phrase slowly first.