Elton John - Hey Ahab

hey ahab

intro : C7 ( no3rd ) F/C

C7 ( no3rd )
it’s a constant struggle getting up that hill
F/C
there’s a change of guard every day
C7 ( no3rd )
when you’re clinging onto a driftwood boat
F/C
you pray a great white whale might come your way

G#
no freeway traffic in the frozen north
F7
just a chain link fence full of birds
G#
and when the harpoon’s loaded in the cannon bay
G7
you’ll be rolling through the pages lost for words

Cm7 Cm7/D#
hey ahab can you tell me where
F7 G#
i can catch a ride out of here
Cm7 Cm7/D#
hey ahab hoist that sail
F7
you gotta stand up straight
G# C7 ( no3rd )
when you ride that whale

C7 ( no3rd )
in a crumbling city we were trapped for days
F/C
with a broken sun above the clouds
C7 ( no3rd )
caught like jonah forty fathoms down
F/C
and a sign on the wall saying , “hope allowed”

G#
all the cryptic symbols carved on bone
F7
a far cry from a tattooed rose
G#
and when the boys in the rigging catch the wind

G7
we’ll all weigh anchor and it’s westward ho

Cm7 Cm7/D#
hey ahab can you tell me where
F7 G#
i can catch a ride out of here
Cm7 Cm7/D#
hey ahab hoist that sail
F7
you gotta stand up straight
G#
when you ride that whale

Cm7 Cm7/D#
hey ahab can you tell me where
F7 G#
i can catch a ride out of here
Cm7 Cm7/D#
hey ahab hoist that sail
F7
you gotta stand up straight
G# C7 ( no3rd )
when you ride that whale

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