Guitar chords Bennie And The Jets

Bennie and the Jets is a song by Elton John, written by John and Bernie Taupin. It was released in 1973 as part of the Goodbye Yellow Brick Road album. The song was inspired by Taupins fascination with the glamor and attitude of 70s rock stars, merged with a critique of the music industrys increasing commercialization. It was a hit, reaching high on the charts.

Key:  G 
Am7
       
D7
 
Hey kids, shake it loose together,
       
G
 
the spolight´s hitting something
            G#º7  
that´s been known to change the weather
Am7
                        
D
 
We´ll kill the fatted calf tonight
                
Em
 
so stick around,
       
Am
                    
Bm
 
you´re gonna hear electric music, solid walls of sound

C
    
G
 
Say, Candy and Ronnie, have you seen them yet
    
Am
                     
C
 
but they´re so spaced out, Bennie and the jets,
G
 
but they´re weird and they´re wonderful,
    
Am
 
oh, Bennie she´s really keen

            
C
              
D
 
she´s got electric boots a mohair suit,
           
Em
               
Em7
 
you know I read it in a magazine,
   
C
  
Bb
      
D
              
G
     
G6
  
G7M
    
F7M
    
G7M
    
F7M
    
G7M
    
F7M
    
G7M
    
F7M
    
Am
 
oh!           Bennie and the jets

Am7
       
D7
 
Hey kids, plug into the faithless,
   
G
 
maybe they´re blinded
    G#º7  
but Bennie makes them ageless
Am7
               
D
                      
Em
 
We shall survive, let us take ourselves along,
         
Am
 
where we fight our parents out in the streets
Bm
 
to find who´s right and who´s wrong

C
    
G
 
Say, Candy and Ronnie, have you seen them yet
    
Am
                     
C
 
but they´re so spaced out, Bennie and the jets,
G
 
but they´re weird and they´re wonderful,
    
Am
 
oh, Bennie she´s really keen

            
C
              
D
 
she´s got electric boots a mohair suit,
           
Em
               
Em7
 
you know I read it in a magazine,
   
C
  
Bb
      
D
              
G
     
G6
  
G7M
    
F7M
    
G7M
    
F7M
    
G7M
    
F7M
    
G7M
    
F7M
    
Am
 
oh!           Bennie and the jets
G
                                                  
F7M
    
G7M
    
F7M
    
G7M
    
F7M
    
G7M
    
F7M
   
Am
 
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