From: "Scot Evans" <jsevans@cicresearch.com>
Subject: j/john_elton/captain_fantastic_and_the_brown_dirt_cowboy.crd
Date: Wed, 24 Jul 2002 08:51:51 -0700
"Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy"
from the album of the same name
written by Elton John/Bernie Taupin
Transcribed/tabbed by Scot the Hoople (scotthehoople@cox.net)
Here's one of my all-time favorite songs from E.J. (or from any artist,
for that matter). 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.
This is my first tab (all my own work!), so feel free to submit
corrections or write to tell me what you think. Enjoy!
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
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