Elton John – Billy Bones And The White Bird (Guitar)

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Chords

[Intro] F F Eb/F Ab Bb F Eb/F Ab Bb [Verse 1]
F
Take the wheel I hear the timbers creaking

Eb/Ab                       Bb
Take the wheel I think this ship is sinking

Bb                       Bb   Bb   Bb      G/B
Jamaica seems so far and I've been thinking

    C                                                                   F
Old Billy Bones has gone to sea and quit his dockside drinking
[Bridge]
         Eb/F           Ab            Bb
Check it out, check it out, check it out
[Verse 2]
F
And when I'm dead who'll fly the White Bird home

    Eb/Ab                   Bb
I'm not the ancient mariner your children know

Bb                                     Bb   Bb   Bb  G/B
And the sea's the field these old jack tars have sown

C                                            C       C     C    F
`Cause Billy Bones just wants to know who'll fly the White Bird home
[Bridge]
         Eb/F          Ab            Bb
Check it out, check it out, check it out,

           F           Eb/F           Ab            Bb
Check it out, check it out, check it out, check it out,
[Chorus]
        F F F/A F/C       F F/C F/A F
Oh your majesty____, your majesty____

Ab/Eb
I heard the bosun cry

Dm
Old Billy Bones has washed ashore

Db             C
Upon a foreign tide
[Bridge]
         F             Eb/F          Ab            Bb
Check it out, check it out, check it out, check it out,

         F             Eb/F          Ab            Bb
Check it out, check it out, check it out, check it out,
[Interlude] F Eb/Ab Bb Bb G/B C F [Bridge]
         F             Eb/F          Ab            Bb
Check it out, check it out, check it out, check it out,

         F             Eb/F          Ab            Bb
Check it out, check it out, check it out, check it out,
[Chorus]
        F F F/A F/C       F F/C F/A F
Oh your majesty____, your majesty____

Ab/Eb
I heard the bosun cry

Dm
Old Billy Bones has washed ashore

Db             C
Upon a foreign tide
[Outro]
         F             Eb/F          Ab            Bb
Check it out, check it out, check it out, check it out,

         F             Eb/F          Ab            Bb
Check it out, check it out, check it out, check it out,

         F             F#            G             G#
Check it out, check it out, check it out, check it out,

         A             A#            B             C
Check it out, check it out, check it out, check it out,

         C#            D             D#            E
Check it out, check it out, check it out, check it out,

         F
Check it out!