Billy Bones And The White Bird chords by Elton John

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Intro:
FF
F Eb/FEb/F AbAb Bb majorBb
FF Eb/FEb/F AbAb Bb majorBb

Verse 1:
FF
Take the wheel I hear the timbers creaking
Eb/Ab            Bb majorBb
Take the wheel I think this ship is sinking
Bb majorBb            Bb majorBb  Bb majorBb  Bb majorBb   G/BG/B
Jamaica seems so far and I've been thinking
  C majorC                                  FF
Old Billy Bones has gone to sea and quit his dockside drinking

Bridge:
     Eb/FEb/F      AbAb      Bb majorBb
Check it out, check it out, check it out

Verse 2:
FF
And when I'm dead who'll fly the White Bird home
  Eb/Ab          Bb majorBb
I'm not the ancient mariner your children know
Bb majorBb                   Bb majorBb  Bb majorBb  Bb majorBb G/BG/B
And the sea's the field these old jack tars have sown
C majorC                      C majorC    C majorC   C majorC  FF
'Cause Billy Bones just wants to know who'll fly the White Bird home

Bridge:
     Eb/FEb/F     AbAb      Bb majorBb
Check it out, check it out, check it out,
      FF      Eb/FEb/F      AbAb      Bb majorBb
Check it out, check it out, check it out, check it out,

Chorus:
    FF F F/AF/A F/CF/C    FF F/CF/C F/AF/A FF
Oh your majesty____, your majesty____
Ab/Eb
I heard the bosun cry
DmDm
Old Billy Bones has washed ashore
DbDb       C majorC
Upon a foreign tide

Bridge:
     FF       Eb/FEb/F     AbAb      Bb majorBb
Check it out, check it out, check it out, check it out,
     FF       Eb/FEb/F     AbAb      Bb majorBb
Check it out, check it out, check it out, check it out,

Interlude:
FF
Eb/Ab      Bb majorBb
Bb       G/BG/B
C majorC        FF

Bridge:
     FF       Eb/FEb/F     AbAb      Bb majorBb
Check it out, check it out, check it out, check it out,
     FF       Eb/FEb/F     AbAb      Bb majorBb
Check it out, check it out, check it out, check it out,

Chorus:
    FF F F/AF/A F/CF/C    FF F/CF/C F/AF/A FF
Oh your majesty____, your majesty____
Ab/Eb
I heard the bosun cry
DmDm
Old Billy Bones has washed ashore
DbDb       C majorC
Upon a foreign tide

Outro:
     FF       Eb/FEb/F     AbAb      Bb majorBb
Check it out, check it out, check it out, check it out,
     FF       Eb/FEb/F     AbAb      Bb majorBb
Check it out, check it out, check it out, check it out,
     FF       F#F#      G+G       G#G#
Check it out, check it out, check it out, check it out,
     A augmentedA       A#A#      BB       C majorC
Check it out, check it out, check it out, check it out,
     C#C#      D MajorD       D#D#      E MajorE
Check it out, check it out, check it out, check it out,
     FF
Check it out!