• Song:

    Hey Ahab

  • Artist:

    Elton John

Hey Ahab

Intro: C7(no3rd) F

C7(no3rd)
It's a constant struggle getting up that hill
                F (133211@1)   
There's a change of guard every day
                  C7(no3rd)
When you're clinging onto a driftwood boat
               FYou (133211@1)pray a great white whale might come your way

AbNo (xx1114@1)freeway traffic in the frozen North
          F7Just (131241@1)a chain link fence full of birds
                AbAnd (xx1114@1)when the harpoon's loaded in the cannon bay
                G7You'll (320001@1)be rolling through the pages lost for words

Cm7               Cm7/Eb
Hey Ahab can you tell me where
              F7 (131241@1)             AbI (xx1114@1)can catch a ride out of here
       Cm7       Cm7/Eb
Hey Ahab hoist that sail
              F7You (131241@1)gotta stand up straight
               Ab (xx1114@1)             C7(no3rd)
When you ride that whale

C7(no3rd)
In a crumbling city we were trapped for days
                FWith (133211@1)a broken sun above the clouds
                  C7(no3rd)
Caught like Jonah forty fathoms down
               FAnd (133211@1)a sign on the wall saying, "Hope Allowed"

AbAll (xx1114@1)the cryptic symbols carved on bone
          F7A (131241@1)far cry from a tattooed rose
                AbAnd (xx1114@1)when the boys in the rigging catch the wind

G7We'll (320001@1)all weigh anchor and it's westward ho

Cm7               Cm7/Eb
Hey Ahab can you tell me where
              F7 (131241@1)             AbI (xx1114@1)can catch a ride out of here
       Cm7       Cm7/Eb
Hey Ahab hoist that sail
              F7You (131241@1)gotta stand up straight
               AbWhen (xx1114@1)you ride that whale

Cm7               Cm7/Eb
Hey Ahab can you tell me where
              F7 (131241@1)             AbI (xx1114@1)can catch a ride out of here
       Cm7       Cm7/Eb
Hey Ahab hoist that sail
              F7You (131241@1)gotta stand up straight
               Ab (xx1114@1)             C7(no3rd)
When you ride that whale

Ends on Cm
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