The Captain and the Kid chords by Elton John
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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I've been out on this road some
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Can't help feeling I've been showing
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my friends around
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I've seen it growing from
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next to nothing
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Into a giant eating up your town
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Verse 2
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Called up the tealeaves and the
tarots
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Asked the gypsy what she sees
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in the palm of our hands
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She saw a mountain and a wild deer running
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A crazy kid becoming a better man
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Verse 3
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But we stuck around for the fireworks
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Waiting to explode
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Shaped our futures,
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you a tumbleweed
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And me on a yellow brick road
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Pleasing the people some of the time
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For better or for worse
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An urban soul in a fine silk Suit
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And a heart out west in a
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Wrangler shirt
Verse 4
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[Chorus:] And you can't go back
and
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if you try it fails
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Looking up ahead I see a rusty nail
A sign hanging from it saying
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"Truth for sale"
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And that's what we did
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No lies at all just one more tale
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About the Captain and the Kid
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Verse 5
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We've been missing at times in action
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Can't imagine what he said
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he might do for you
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The devil got to come to
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the party sometimes
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But he never got to wear our shoes
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Verse 6
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Oh we've conjured up what we created
Way back then when I was
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standing up in six-inch heels
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heels
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Now you're riding off into the sunset
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And I'm still spinning like
a Catherine wheel
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Verse 7
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But we stuck around for the battle
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Waiting for a plan
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To turn you in to the Brown
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Dirt Cowboy
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And me into a Rocket Man
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It pleases the people
some of the time
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Digging into our roots
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But I got a brand new pair
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of shoes
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And you're on a horse in old
cowboy boots
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[Chorus x2]
Outro 1
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The Captain and the Kid
Elton John
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