Chords for Elton John - Roy Rogers - 1977 Wembley Empire Pool
Tempo:
141.35 bpm
Chords used:
F
C
Bb
Dm
Am
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
I'm gonna do a few on my own, you see, [B] before the band comes out and joins me.
This is a song from the Yellow Brick Road album about one of my [B]
childhood heroes.
It's [F] called Roy Rogers.
[C]
[C]
[Bb] [F] Sometimes you dream, [C] sometimes it seems
[C] There's nothing there at [F] all
You [Dm] just seem older [Am] than yesterday
And [Bb] you're waiting for tomorrow to [Gm] come
[C] You [F] drop to the curtains, [C] one thing's for certain
You're cozy in your little [F] room
[Dm]
The coffee's all paid for, [Am] God bless the TV
[Bb] Let's go shoot a hole in [C] the moon
[D] Oh,
[F] Rogers [G] is riding tonight
We're [Bb] turning to our silver [F] screen
[D] Comic [C] book characters [F] never grow old
[G] Ever the reader heroes whose [Bb] stories we're [C] told
Oh, the [Dm] great sequined cowboy [Am] sings of the blanket
[Bb] Of roundups and rustlers [G] and the hope of the [C]
[F]
raged
[D] [Dm] Done on the TV, oh, [Am] shut out
Oh, [Bb] Rogers is [C] riding [F] tonight
[Bb]
[D] [F]
[C]
[F]
[C]
[F]
Clock mornings, [C]
five o'clock [F] evenings
[C] I'd liven the place if I [F]
could
Oh, [Dm] I'd rather [Am]
have western cheese
[Bb] But complaining doesn't do any [C]
good
[D] Back [F]
in my armchair, [C] I close eyes and [F] think clear
[C] I can hear who beats [F] the head
[C] [Dm]
Oh, that trigger [Am] ever just hit the hilltop
[Bb] While the wife and the kids are [C] in bed
Oh, [F]
Rogers [G] is riding tonight
[Bb] We're turning to our silver [F]
screen
[C]
Comic book characters [F]
never grow old
[G]
Ever the reader heroes whose [Bb]
stories we're told
Oh, the [Dm] great sequined cowboy [Am]
sings of the blanket
[Bb] Of roundups and rustlers [G] and the hope of the [C] [F]
raged
[Dm] Turn on the TV, [Am] let's shut out
Oh, [Bb] Rogers is [C]
riding tonight
[F] [Bb] [F]
[Eb] [N]
This is a song from the Yellow Brick Road album about one of my [B]
childhood heroes.
It's [F] called Roy Rogers.
[C]
[C]
[Bb] [F] Sometimes you dream, [C] sometimes it seems
[C] There's nothing there at [F] all
You [Dm] just seem older [Am] than yesterday
And [Bb] you're waiting for tomorrow to [Gm] come
[C] You [F] drop to the curtains, [C] one thing's for certain
You're cozy in your little [F] room
[Dm]
The coffee's all paid for, [Am] God bless the TV
[Bb] Let's go shoot a hole in [C] the moon
[D] Oh,
[F] Rogers [G] is riding tonight
We're [Bb] turning to our silver [F] screen
[D] Comic [C] book characters [F] never grow old
[G] Ever the reader heroes whose [Bb] stories we're [C] told
Oh, the [Dm] great sequined cowboy [Am] sings of the blanket
[Bb] Of roundups and rustlers [G] and the hope of the [C]
[F]
raged
[D] [Dm] Done on the TV, oh, [Am] shut out
Oh, [Bb] Rogers is [C] riding [F] tonight
[Bb]
[D] [F]
[C]
[F]
[C]
[F]
Clock mornings, [C]
five o'clock [F] evenings
[C] I'd liven the place if I [F]
could
Oh, [Dm] I'd rather [Am]
have western cheese
[Bb] But complaining doesn't do any [C]
good
[D] Back [F]
in my armchair, [C] I close eyes and [F] think clear
[C] I can hear who beats [F] the head
[C] [Dm]
Oh, that trigger [Am] ever just hit the hilltop
[Bb] While the wife and the kids are [C] in bed
Oh, [F]
Rogers [G] is riding tonight
[Bb] We're turning to our silver [F]
screen
[C]
Comic book characters [F]
never grow old
[G]
Ever the reader heroes whose [Bb]
stories we're told
Oh, the [Dm] great sequined cowboy [Am]
sings of the blanket
[Bb] Of roundups and rustlers [G] and the hope of the [C] [F]
raged
[Dm] Turn on the TV, [Am] let's shut out
Oh, [Bb] Rogers is [C]
riding tonight
[F] [Bb] [F]
[Eb] [N]
Key:
F
C
Bb
Dm
Am
F
C
Bb
I'm gonna do a few on my own, you see, [B] before the band comes out and joins me.
This is a song from the Yellow Brick Road album about one of my _ _ [B] _ _ _
childhood heroes.
It's [F] called Roy Rogers.
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ [F] Sometimes you dream, _ [C] sometimes it seems
_ [C] There's nothing there at [F] all _ _
_ _ You [Dm] just seem older [Am] than yesterday
_ _ And [Bb] you're waiting for tomorrow to [Gm] come
_ _ [C] _ You [F] drop to the curtains, [C] one thing's for certain
You're cozy in your little [F] room
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm]
The coffee's all paid for, [Am] God bless the TV
[Bb] Let's go shoot a hole in [C] the moon
_ [D] Oh, _
[F] _ _ _ Rogers [G] is riding _ tonight
We're [Bb] turning to our silver [F] screen
_ _ [D] Comic _ [C] _ book _ characters [F] never grow old
[G] Ever the reader heroes whose [Bb] stories we're [C] told
Oh, the [Dm] great sequined cowboy _ [Am] sings of the blanket
[Bb] Of roundups and rustlers [G] and the hope of the [C] _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _
raged
[D] _ [Dm] Done on the TV, oh, [Am] shut out
_ Oh, [Bb] Rogers is [C] riding [F] tonight _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _
Clock mornings, _ [C]
five o'clock [F] evenings
[C] I'd liven the place if I [F]
could
_ _ Oh, [Dm] I'd rather _ _ _ _ [Am]
have western cheese
_ [Bb] But complaining doesn't do any [C]
good
_ [D] Back _ [F] _
in my armchair, [C] I close eyes and [F] think clear
[C] I can hear who beats [F] the head
_ _ [C] _ _ [Dm]
Oh, that trigger [Am] ever just hit the hilltop
[Bb] While the wife and the kids are [C] in bed
Oh, [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ Rogers [G] is riding _ tonight
[Bb] We're turning to our silver [F]
screen
_ _ _ _ [C]
Comic book characters [F]
never grow _ old
[G]
Ever the reader heroes whose [Bb]
stories we're told
Oh, the [Dm] great sequined cowboy _ [Am]
sings of the blanket
[Bb] Of roundups and rustlers [G] and the hope of the [C] _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ raged _
_ [Dm] Turn on the TV, _ [Am] let's shut out _
Oh, [Bb] Rogers is [C]
riding tonight
[F] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [N] _
This is a song from the Yellow Brick Road album about one of my _ _ [B] _ _ _
childhood heroes.
It's [F] called Roy Rogers.
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ [F] Sometimes you dream, _ [C] sometimes it seems
_ [C] There's nothing there at [F] all _ _
_ _ You [Dm] just seem older [Am] than yesterday
_ _ And [Bb] you're waiting for tomorrow to [Gm] come
_ _ [C] _ You [F] drop to the curtains, [C] one thing's for certain
You're cozy in your little [F] room
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm]
The coffee's all paid for, [Am] God bless the TV
[Bb] Let's go shoot a hole in [C] the moon
_ [D] Oh, _
[F] _ _ _ Rogers [G] is riding _ tonight
We're [Bb] turning to our silver [F] screen
_ _ [D] Comic _ [C] _ book _ characters [F] never grow old
[G] Ever the reader heroes whose [Bb] stories we're [C] told
Oh, the [Dm] great sequined cowboy _ [Am] sings of the blanket
[Bb] Of roundups and rustlers [G] and the hope of the [C] _ _
_ [F] _ _ _ _ _
raged
[D] _ [Dm] Done on the TV, oh, [Am] shut out
_ Oh, [Bb] Rogers is [C] riding [F] tonight _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [D] _ _ [F] _ _
_ _ [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _
Clock mornings, _ [C]
five o'clock [F] evenings
[C] I'd liven the place if I [F]
could
_ _ Oh, [Dm] I'd rather _ _ _ _ [Am]
have western cheese
_ [Bb] But complaining doesn't do any [C]
good
_ [D] Back _ [F] _
in my armchair, [C] I close eyes and [F] think clear
[C] I can hear who beats [F] the head
_ _ [C] _ _ [Dm]
Oh, that trigger [Am] ever just hit the hilltop
[Bb] While the wife and the kids are [C] in bed
Oh, [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ Rogers [G] is riding _ tonight
[Bb] We're turning to our silver [F]
screen
_ _ _ _ [C]
Comic book characters [F]
never grow _ old
[G]
Ever the reader heroes whose [Bb]
stories we're told
Oh, the [Dm] great sequined cowboy _ [Am]
sings of the blanket
[Bb] Of roundups and rustlers [G] and the hope of the [C] _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ raged _
_ [Dm] Turn on the TV, _ [Am] let's shut out _
Oh, [Bb] Rogers is [C]
riding tonight
[F] _ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [N] _