F
F Eb/F Ab Bb
F Eb/F Ab Bb
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
Eb/F Ab Bb
Check it out, check it out, check it out
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
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,
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
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
Eb/Ab Bb
Bb G/B
C F
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 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
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!
Billy Bones And The White Bird chords
by Elton John
