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[Verse 1]
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Take the wheel I hear the timbers creaking
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Take the wheel I think this ship is sinking
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Jamaica seems so far and I've been thinking
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Old Billy Bones has gone to sea and quit his dockside drinking
[Bridge]
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Check it out, check it out, check it out
[Verse 2]
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And when I'm dead who'll fly the White Bird home
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I'm not the ancient mariner your children know
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And the sea's the field these old jack tars have sown
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`Cause Billy Bones just wants to know who'll fly the White Bird home
[Bridge]
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Check it out, check it out, check it out,
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Check it out, check it out, check it out, check it out,
[Chorus]
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Oh your majesty____, your majesty____
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I heard the bosun cry
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Old Billy Bones has washed ashore
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Upon a foreign tide
[Bridge]
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Check it out, check it out, check it out, check it out,
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Check it out, check it out, check it out, check it out,
[Interlude]
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[Bridge]
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Check it out, check it out, check it out, check it out,
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Check it out, check it out, check it out, check it out,
[Chorus]
FFF/AF/CFF/CF/AF
Oh your majesty____, your majesty____
Ab/Eb
I heard the bosun cry
Dm
Old Billy Bones has washed ashore
DbC
Upon a foreign tide
[Outro]
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Check it out, check it out, check it out, check it out,
FEb/FAbBb
Check it out, check it out, check it out, check it out,
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Check it out, check it out, check it out, check it out,
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Check it out, check it out, check it out, check it out,
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Check it out, check it out, check it out, check it out,
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Check it out!