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A2.2·rock·3:14

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road

Elton John · 1973

Goodbye Yellow Brick Road by Elton John (1973) — selected for the English-through-music catalog. Use the sing-along prompts and exercises to drill pronunciation, vocabulary, and listening comprehension.

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🎤 Sing along

Sing with the chorus

  • So goodbye yellow brick road
  • Where the dogs of society howl
  • You can't plant me in your penthouse
  • I'm going back to my plough

Echo the hook

  • Beyond the yellow brick road
  • What do you think you'll do then
  • I bet that'll shoot down your plane
  • It'll take you a couple of vodka and tonics
yellowbrickroad

Definitions: Cambridge Dictionary · Translation: MyMemory

Exercises

Exercise 1

Fill the blank in this line:

When are youcome down?

Exercise 2

Fill the blank in this line:

I should haveto my old man

Exercise 3

Fill the blank in this line:

Soyellow brick road

Exercise 4

Fill the blank in this line:

Hunting theback toad

Exercise 5

Fill the blank in this line:

What do youyou'll do then

Exercise 6

Fill the blank in this line:

There'slike me to be found

Exercise 7

Translate this line to Portuguese:

When are you gonna come down?

Exercise 8

Translate this line to Portuguese:

I should have stayed on the farm

Exercise 9

Translate this line to Portuguese:

You know you can't hold me forever

Exercise 10

Translate this line to Portuguese:

You can't plant me in your penthouse

Exercise 11

Translate this line to Portuguese:

Oh, I've finally decided my future lies

Exercise 12

Choose the missing word:

When are you ? come down?

Exercise 13

Choose the missing word:

I ? sign up with you

Exercise 14

Choose the missing word:

You ? plant me in your penthouse

Exercise 15

Choose the missing word:

I bet ? shoot down your plane

Exercise 16

Choose the missing word:

Mongrels who ? got a penny

Exercise 17

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 18

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 19

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 20

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 21

Put the words in the right order:

Click the words below in the correct order…

Exercise 22

How many times do you hear the word "yellow" in the whole song?

"yellow"

Exercise 23

How many times do you hear the word "brick" in the whole song?

"brick"

Exercise 24

Put these three lines in the order they appear in the song:

  • I'm going back to my plough
  • Mongrels who ain't got a penny
  • When are you gonna come down?

Exercise 25

Which single word from this song do you think carries the most emotional weight, and why?

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Exercise 26

"Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" was released in 1973. Do you think the themes in the song are timeless, or do they feel dated? Give one example from the lyrics.

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Exercise 27

Imagine you are making a short film with "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" as the soundtrack. What scene would you show while the chorus plays?

yellowbrickroadgoing

Exercise 28

Write the full form of each contraction:

  • gonna→
  • can't→
  • didn't→
  • i'm→
  • i've→
  • you'll→

Exercise 29

What kind of person do you imagine the narrator of "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" is? Describe their age, mood, and situation using at least three details from the lyrics.

yellowbrickroadgoing

Exercise 30

If you could change the ending of the story told in "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road", what would happen instead?

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