
Billy Bones And The White Bird
Elton John
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Tom : Cm
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
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[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
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[Refrão]
F Eb/F Ab Bb
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[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
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[Próxima Parte]
F Eb/F Ab Bb
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[Interlude]
F Eb/Ab Bb G/B C F
[Bridge]
F Eb/F Ab Bb
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[Refrão] (repetir)
[Próxima Parte]
F Eb/F Ab Bb
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C# D D# E
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F
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