Chord Captain Fantastic And The Brown Dirt Cowboy by Elton John

artist : elton john song : captain fantastic and the brown dirt cowboy release date : 1975 note : just some advice , i’d listen to the song while playing along , i tried to get as accurate as possible , considering this is one of my favorite elton john songs! have fun with this one! intro : G C G Em G C G Em verse 1 : A C G D captain fantastic raised and regimented , hardly a hero . G C D just someone his mother might know . Am G Dm G very clearly a case for corn flakes and classics . Am Cm "two teas both with sugar please" . G Em in the back of an alley . verse 2 : A C while little dirt cowboys , turned brown in their saddles . G D G C D sweet chocolate biscuits . and red rosy apples in summer . Am G Dm G for it’s hay make and "hey mom , do the papers say anything good . C Cm are there chances in life for little dirt cowboys , G A# C G should i make my way out of my home in the woods?" verse 3 : A C brown dirt cowboy , still green and growing . G D city slick captain . G fantastic the feedback , C D the honey the hive could be holding . Am G Dm G for there’s weak winged young sparrows , that starve in the winter . Am Cm broken young children on the wheels of the winners . G A# C G and the sixty - eight summer festival wallflowers are thinning . chorus : Em C F C F C F C F for cheap easy meals are hardly a home on the range . Em C F C F C F C F too hot for the band with a desperate desire for change . G C G we’ve thrown in the towel too many times . C G out for the count and when we’re down , C G C captain fantastic and the brown dirt cowboy . A# C G from the end of the world to your town . verse 4 : A C and all this talk of jesus , coming back to see us . G D couldn’t fool us . G C D for we were spinning out our lines walking on the wire . Am G Dm hand in hand went music and the rhyme . G Am Cm the captain and the kid stepping in the ring . G A# C G from here on sonny , sonny sonny , it’s a long and lonely climb . ~repeat chorus x2~ ~repeat intro~ end