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!