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Intro
Bb F7 Bb F7 Bb F7
Bb
I want to build a jumbo ark
Gm
A stretch 747
Bb
And with the grace of God
F7 Bb
I will win my place in heaven
Verse 1:
Bb
Mr. Boeing can you hear me now?
Eb
Way up there in Seattle
Bb
You better sit your big self down
F7
‘Cause I’m about to make your phone line rattle
Bb
Get busy with your peppy team
Eb
And your compass and protractor
Bb
‘Cause I’m sent here to contract ya
F7 Bb
To construct this winged thing
Bb
I want to build a jumbo ark
Gm
A stretch 747
Bb
And with the grace of God
F7 Bb
I will win my place in heaven
Verse 2:
Bb
We’re talking ‘bout an aquaplane
Eb
With its floats made out of liners
Bb
And a hold like Carolina
F7
For the load it must contain
Bb
Don’t tell me that it can’t be done
Eb
‘Cause we’re living in the eighties
Bb
Boy we will not me mateys
F7 Bb
Unless we do this winged thing
Bb
I want to build a jumbo ark
Gm
A stretch 747
Bb
And with the grace of God
F7 Bb
I will win my place in heaven
Piano Solo
Bb F7 Bb
Verse 3:
Bb
Information I have received
Eb
From let’s say higher sources
Bb
That leads me to believe
F7
That heavy weather is around the bend
Bb
The clouds are gonna bump and grind
Eb
And down will rain destruction
Bb
But with the aid of our construction
F7 Bb
We’ll survive and thrive again
Bb
I want to build a jumbo ark
Gm
A stretch 747
Bb
And with the grace of God
F7 Bb
I will win my place in heaven
Bridge:
C7
I want to take the ape and the kangaroo
C7
From out the wild and out of the zoo
C7
I’m gonna have to take extra cattle and swine
C7
‘Cause the beasts on each other do love to dine
C7
Every fish, fowl, thing that howl
Eb
Will all be kicking up a hell of a row
Bb
When I build a jumbo ark
Gm7
A stretch 747
Bb
And with the grace of God
F7
I will win my place
Bb
I want to build a jumbo ark
Gm7
A stretch 747
Bb
And with the grace of God
F7 Bb
I will win my place in heaven
Bb
And with the grace of God
F7 Bb
I will win my place in heaven
Bb
And with the grace of God
F7 Bb7
I will win my place in heaven