Play "Rocket Man". I don't mean the whole song, just the bar where Sir Elton first sings the words "rocket man."
This tab will help. OK, got it? Great. That's an A9 chord, and it contains probably the most important 9th voice in all pop music. The tune just doesn't sound right with just a normal A7. I tend to play standard voicings for the other chords in this song, and then this:
A9
X05600
I think it sounds perfect in this context. The two fretted notes are the guide tones. The open strings, low to high, are the root, ninth, and fifth. This means you can play the other three flavors of ninth chords with minimal effort:
AΔ9
X06600
A-9
X05500
A-Δ9
X06500
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