Chords for Elton John - Captain Fantastic & Brown Dirt Cowboy (Captain Fantastic 1 of 13)
Tempo:
80.7 bpm
Chords used:
C
G
Em
D
F
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[D] [G] [C]
[G] [Em]
[G] [C]
[G] [Em]
[Am] Captain [Em] Fantastic, [C]
raised and regimented, [G] hardly a hero, [D]
[G] just someone [C] his mother [D] might know.
[Am] Very clearly [G] a case [Dm] for [G] cornflakes and classics, [C] two teas bowled with sugar [Cm] please.
[G] [Eb] In the back [Em] of an alley, [Em]
[A] [Am] while little dirt [C]
cowboys turn brown in their saddles.
Sweet [G] [D] chocolate biscuits and [G] red rosy [C] apples in [D] summer.
[A] For it's hay make [G] and hay mark, [Dm] do the papers [G] say anything good?
[C] All the chances in life for [Cm] little dirt [G] cowboys, should I make my way [Bb] out of my home [C] [G] in the woods.
[Am] Brown dirt [G] cowboy, [C] still green and growing, city [G] slick I [D] am.
[G] Fantastic the feed bag, [C] the honey the hive [D] could be holding.
[Am] For there's a sweet [G] wing and young [Dm] sparrows, [G] starving the winter.
[C] Broken young children [Cm] on the wheels of the winter.
[G] And the sustained storm of [Bb] festival will [C] flower, [G] but then there's
[E] the cheap easy meal.
A [Em] hearty home on the [F] range, [C] [F] [C]
[F] [C] [F] [E] too humble a band, with a desperate house [C] of [F] chains.
[C] [F] [C]
[C] [G] We've thrown [C] in the towel [G] too many times, [C] out for [Em] the count [G] and when we're down.
[C] Captain Fantastic, [G] brown [C] dirt [Em] cowboy [Bb] only, and [C] all the world gives [G] you a pound.
[D] [C]
[G] [Em]
[Am] And all those talk of [C] Jesus, coming back to see us.
Mmm, [G] mmm, mmm, [D] good fool us.
[G] But we were spinning [C] out our lines, walking [D] on the wire.
[A] Had a [G] hat when the music and [Dm] the rhyme.
[G] And the captain and [C] the kid, stepping in [Cm] the rain.
[G] From here on the sun, the sun, the [Bb] sun, it's [C] a long lonely [G] climb.
[E] And the cheap easy meal, a hearty [Em] home on the range, [F] [C] [C] [C]
[E] too humble [Em] a band, with a desperate house [C] of [F] chains.
[C] [C] [F] [C] [F]
[G] We've thrown [C] in the [G] towel too many times, out for [C] the count [G] and when we're down.
[C] Captain Fantastic, [G] brown [C] dirt [Em] cowboy [Bb] only, and [C] all the world gives [G] you a pound.
We've thrown [Am] in the [G] towel too many times, out for the count and when we're down.
[C] Captain Fantastic, [G] brown [C] dirt cowboy only, [Bb] and all [C] the world gives you [G] a pound.
[C]
[G] [Em]
[G] [C]
[G] [Em]
[G] [C]
[G] [Em]
[G] [Em]
[G] [C]
[G] [Em]
[Am] Captain [Em] Fantastic, [C]
raised and regimented, [G] hardly a hero, [D]
[G] just someone [C] his mother [D] might know.
[Am] Very clearly [G] a case [Dm] for [G] cornflakes and classics, [C] two teas bowled with sugar [Cm] please.
[G] [Eb] In the back [Em] of an alley, [Em]
[A] [Am] while little dirt [C]
cowboys turn brown in their saddles.
Sweet [G] [D] chocolate biscuits and [G] red rosy [C] apples in [D] summer.
[A] For it's hay make [G] and hay mark, [Dm] do the papers [G] say anything good?
[C] All the chances in life for [Cm] little dirt [G] cowboys, should I make my way [Bb] out of my home [C] [G] in the woods.
[Am] Brown dirt [G] cowboy, [C] still green and growing, city [G] slick I [D] am.
[G] Fantastic the feed bag, [C] the honey the hive [D] could be holding.
[Am] For there's a sweet [G] wing and young [Dm] sparrows, [G] starving the winter.
[C] Broken young children [Cm] on the wheels of the winter.
[G] And the sustained storm of [Bb] festival will [C] flower, [G] but then there's
[E] the cheap easy meal.
A [Em] hearty home on the [F] range, [C] [F] [C]
[F] [C] [F] [E] too humble a band, with a desperate house [C] of [F] chains.
[C] [F] [C]
[C] [G] We've thrown [C] in the towel [G] too many times, [C] out for [Em] the count [G] and when we're down.
[C] Captain Fantastic, [G] brown [C] dirt [Em] cowboy [Bb] only, and [C] all the world gives [G] you a pound.
[D] [C]
[G] [Em]
[Am] And all those talk of [C] Jesus, coming back to see us.
Mmm, [G] mmm, mmm, [D] good fool us.
[G] But we were spinning [C] out our lines, walking [D] on the wire.
[A] Had a [G] hat when the music and [Dm] the rhyme.
[G] And the captain and [C] the kid, stepping in [Cm] the rain.
[G] From here on the sun, the sun, the [Bb] sun, it's [C] a long lonely [G] climb.
[E] And the cheap easy meal, a hearty [Em] home on the range, [F] [C] [C] [C]
[E] too humble [Em] a band, with a desperate house [C] of [F] chains.
[C] [C] [F] [C] [F]
[G] We've thrown [C] in the [G] towel too many times, out for [C] the count [G] and when we're down.
[C] Captain Fantastic, [G] brown [C] dirt [Em] cowboy [Bb] only, and [C] all the world gives [G] you a pound.
We've thrown [Am] in the [G] towel too many times, out for the count and when we're down.
[C] Captain Fantastic, [G] brown [C] dirt cowboy only, [Bb] and all [C] the world gives you [G] a pound.
[C]
[G] [Em]
[G] [C]
[G] [Em]
[G] [C]
[G] [Em]
Key:
C
G
Em
D
F
C
G
Em
[D] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ [Am] _ _ Captain [Em] Fantastic, [C]
raised and regimented, [G] hardly a hero, [D] _
_ _ [G] just someone [C] his mother [D] might know.
_ _ [Am] Very clearly [G] a case [Dm] for [G] cornflakes and classics, [C] two teas bowled with sugar [Cm] please.
_ [G] [Eb] In the back [Em] of an alley, _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [A] [Am] while little dirt [C]
cowboys turn brown in their saddles.
Sweet [G] _ [D] chocolate biscuits and [G] red rosy [C] apples in [D] summer.
[A] For it's hay make [G] and hay mark, [Dm] do the papers [G] say anything good?
[C] All the chances in life for [Cm] little dirt [G] cowboys, should I make my way [Bb] out of my home [C] _ [G] in the woods. _ _
_ _ _ _ [Am] Brown dirt [G] cowboy, [C] still green and growing, city [G] slick I [D] am.
_ [G] _ Fantastic the feed bag, [C] the honey the hive [D] could be holding. _ _
_ _ _ [Am] For there's a sweet [G] wing and young [Dm] sparrows, [G] starving the winter.
[C] Broken young children [Cm] on the wheels of the winter.
[G] And the sustained storm of [Bb] festival will [C] flower, [G] but then there's _
_ _ _ _ [E] the cheap easy meal.
A [Em] hearty home on the [F] range, [C] _ [F] _ [C] _
[F] _ [C] _ [F] _ [E] too humble a band, with a desperate house [C] of [F] chains.
[C] _ [F] _ [C] _
[C] _ _ _ [G] We've thrown [C] in the towel [G] too many times, [C] out for [Em] the count [G] and when we're down.
[C] Captain Fantastic, [G] brown [C] dirt [Em] cowboy [Bb] only, and [C] all the world gives [G] you a pound. _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ [C] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [Am] And all those talk of [C] Jesus, coming back to see us.
Mmm, [G] mmm, mmm, [D] good fool us.
_ _ [G] But we were spinning [C] out our lines, walking [D] on the wire. _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] Had a [G] hat when the music and [Dm] the rhyme.
[G] And the captain and [C] the kid, _ stepping in [Cm] the rain. _
_ _ [G] From here on the sun, the sun, the [Bb] sun, it's [C] a long lonely [G] climb. _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] And the cheap easy meal, a hearty [Em] home on the range, [F] _ [C] _ [C] _ _ [C] _ _
_ [E] too humble [Em] a band, with a desperate house [C] of [F] chains.
[C] _ [C] _ _ [F] _ [C] _ [F] _
[G] We've thrown [C] in the [G] towel too many times, out for [C] the count [G] and when we're down.
[C] Captain Fantastic, [G] brown [C] dirt [Em] cowboy [Bb] only, and [C] all the world gives [G] you a pound.
We've thrown [Am] in the [G] towel too many times, out for the count and when we're down.
[C] Captain Fantastic, [G] brown [C] dirt cowboy only, [Bb] and all [C] the world gives you [G] a pound. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _
_ _ [Am] _ _ Captain [Em] Fantastic, [C]
raised and regimented, [G] hardly a hero, [D] _
_ _ [G] just someone [C] his mother [D] might know.
_ _ [Am] Very clearly [G] a case [Dm] for [G] cornflakes and classics, [C] two teas bowled with sugar [Cm] please.
_ [G] [Eb] In the back [Em] of an alley, _ _ [Em] _
_ _ _ [A] [Am] while little dirt [C]
cowboys turn brown in their saddles.
Sweet [G] _ [D] chocolate biscuits and [G] red rosy [C] apples in [D] summer.
[A] For it's hay make [G] and hay mark, [Dm] do the papers [G] say anything good?
[C] All the chances in life for [Cm] little dirt [G] cowboys, should I make my way [Bb] out of my home [C] _ [G] in the woods. _ _
_ _ _ _ [Am] Brown dirt [G] cowboy, [C] still green and growing, city [G] slick I [D] am.
_ [G] _ Fantastic the feed bag, [C] the honey the hive [D] could be holding. _ _
_ _ _ [Am] For there's a sweet [G] wing and young [Dm] sparrows, [G] starving the winter.
[C] Broken young children [Cm] on the wheels of the winter.
[G] And the sustained storm of [Bb] festival will [C] flower, [G] but then there's _
_ _ _ _ [E] the cheap easy meal.
A [Em] hearty home on the [F] range, [C] _ [F] _ [C] _
[F] _ [C] _ [F] _ [E] too humble a band, with a desperate house [C] of [F] chains.
[C] _ [F] _ [C] _
[C] _ _ _ [G] We've thrown [C] in the towel [G] too many times, [C] out for [Em] the count [G] and when we're down.
[C] Captain Fantastic, [G] brown [C] dirt [Em] cowboy [Bb] only, and [C] all the world gives [G] you a pound. _
_ _ _ _ _ [D] _ [C] _ _
_ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [Am] And all those talk of [C] Jesus, coming back to see us.
Mmm, [G] mmm, mmm, [D] good fool us.
_ _ [G] But we were spinning [C] out our lines, walking [D] on the wire. _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] Had a [G] hat when the music and [Dm] the rhyme.
[G] And the captain and [C] the kid, _ stepping in [Cm] the rain. _
_ _ [G] From here on the sun, the sun, the [Bb] sun, it's [C] a long lonely [G] climb. _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] And the cheap easy meal, a hearty [Em] home on the range, [F] _ [C] _ [C] _ _ [C] _ _
_ [E] too humble [Em] a band, with a desperate house [C] of [F] chains.
[C] _ [C] _ _ [F] _ [C] _ [F] _
[G] We've thrown [C] in the [G] towel too many times, out for [C] the count [G] and when we're down.
[C] Captain Fantastic, [G] brown [C] dirt [Em] cowboy [Bb] only, and [C] all the world gives [G] you a pound.
We've thrown [Am] in the [G] towel too many times, out for the count and when we're down.
[C] Captain Fantastic, [G] brown [C] dirt cowboy only, [Bb] and all [C] the world gives you [G] a pound. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ [Em] _ _
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