Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy by Elton John


Note: Pick out the opening melody, making the transition
from picked notes to chords as smooth as possible. I found it's smoother
to use a barre G for the first chord. Your middle finger should fret the
slide to the B note on the 4th fret G string, allowing you to grab the
barre G chord easily.


Intro:

       G              C              G              Em
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---0-2s4--------2s4-2-2p0-------------------2h4p2p0------------
0h2----------------------------0h2-2-2p0------------2----------
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Play 2X

Verse 1:

Am           (B)   C             G    D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D

Captain Fantastic, raised...  ...hero

G           C       D

Someone his mother...

Am             G         Dm7    G

Very clearly a case for...

C           Cm G     Em

Two teas, ...     ...alley

Verse 2:

Am                  (B)   C

While little Dirt Cowboys ...

C    G             D         Dsus4 D Dsus2 D

Swee-eet chocolate biscuits...

    G        C       D

And red rosy apples...

         Am        G    Dm7    G

For it's hay make...

C                          Cm

Are there chances in life...

G                     Bb    C    G

Should I make my way...

Verse 3:

Am              (B)C

Brown Dirt Cowboy...

C          G        D Dsus4 D Dsus2 D

City-slick Captain...

   G                    C    D

Fantastic the feedback...

Am          G               Dm7    G

Weak-winged young sparrows...

C                            Cm

Broken young children...  ...wheels...

G                           Bb           C    G

And the '68 summer festival wallflowers...

Chorus:

Em                    C F C (4X)

For cheap easy meals...

Em                    C F C (4X)

Too hot for the band...

G               C      G    C    G

We've thrown in towel...

           C        G    C

Captain Fantastic ...=20

Bb         C      G

End of the world...

Repeat Intro 1X

Verse 4:

Am                     (B)  C

And all this talk of Jesus...

C   G                 D   Dsus4 D Dsus2 D

Mmm-mmm couldn't fool us...

G                            C      D

For we were spinning out our lines...

Am            G    Dm7

Hand in hand...

G               C          Cm

Captain and the Kid...  ...ring

G                   Bb    C    G

>From here on sonny...

Chorus:

Em                    C F C (4X)

For cheap easy meals...

Em                    C F C (4X)

Too hot for the band...

G               C      G    C    G

We've thrown in towel...

           C        G    C

Captain Fantastic ...

Bb         C      G

End of the world...

Repeat last 2 lines of Chorus

Repeat Intro 4X