Billy Bones And The White Bird chords by Elton John

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

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!