JAKARTA, KOMPAS.com - "Billy Bones and the White Bird" merupakan lagu Billy Joel yang dimuat dalam album Rock of the Westies.
Album tersebut diluncurkan sebagai karya kesepuluh dari musisi serba-bisa, Elton John.
Meskipun lawas, seluruh lagu yang terdapat di album Rock of the Westies sudah bisa didengarkan lewat platform musik digital.
Baca juga: Lirik dan Chord Lagu Hard Luck Story - Elton John
Berikut ini lirik dan chord lagu "Billy Bones and the White Bird" dari Elton John.
[Intro]
F
F D# Ab Bb
F D# Ab Bb
[Verse 1]
F
Take the wheel I hear the timbers creaking
D# Bb
Take the wheel I think this ship is sinking
Bb G
Jamaica seems so far and I've been thinking
C F
Old Billy Bones has gone to sea and quit his dockside drinking
[Bridge]
D# 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
D# Bb
I'm not the ancient mariner your children know
Bb G
And the sea's the field these old jack tars have sown
C F
'Cause Billy Bones just wants to know who'll fly the White Bird home
[Bridge]
D# Ab Bb
Check it out, check it out, check it out,
F D# Ab Bb
Check it out, check it out, check it out, check it out,
[Chorus]
F
Oh your majesty____, your majesty____
G#
I heard the bosun cry
Dm
Old Billy Bones has washed ashore
Db C
Upon a foreign tide
[Bridge]
F D# Ab Bb
Check it out, check it out, check it out, check it out,
F D# Ab Bb
Check it out, check it out, check it out, check it out,
[Interlude]
F
D# Bb
Bb G
C F
[Bridge]
F D# Ab Bb
Check it out, check it out, check it out, check it out,
F D# Ab Bb
Check it out, check it out, check it out, check it out,
[Chorus]
F
Oh your majesty____, your majesty____
G#
I heard the bosun cry
Dm
Old Billy Bones has washed ashore
Db C
Upon a foreign tide
[Outro]
F D# Ab Bb
Check it out, check it out, check it out, check it out,
F D# 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!