• Song:

    Billy

  • Artist:

    James Blunt

  • Album:

    Back To Bedlam [U.K. D...

By Daniel McHugh 
 
Can be played easier with capo on 4th fret though 
i.e. the used chords G#m B and F# would change to 
                    (Em)(G)   (D) 
 
 
Intro 
 
 
           G#m      B        F# 
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Verse 1 
 
G#m    B         F# 
Billy's leaving today (don't know where he's going). 
G#m         B         F# 
Holds his head in disgrace (he can't escape the truth). 
G#m               B                    F# 
He knows the price that he's paid. 
He admits that it's too 
G#m    B                     F# 
Late to admit that he's afraid. 
 
Chorus 
         B             G#m             F# 
Tomorrow comes. Sorrow becomes his soul mate. 
              B                  G#m            F# 
The damage is done. The prodigal son is too late. 
    G#m                  B           F# 
Old doors are closed but he's always open, 
          G#m             B    F# 
To relive time in his mind. 
Oh Billy. 
 
 
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Verse 2 
 
G#m      B      E 
Billy's leaving today (don't know where he's going). 
G#m      B            E 
He's got lines on his face (they tell the story of his pain). 
G#m B               F# 
He accepts it's his fate. 
He admits it took too 
G#m     B                 F# 
Long to admit that he was wrong. 
 
Chorus 
         B             G#m             F# 
Tomorrow comes. Sorrow becomes his soul mate. 
              B                  G#m            F# 
The damage is done. The prodigal son is too late. 
    G#m                  B           F# 
Old doors are closed but he's always open, 
          G#m             B    F# 
To relive time in his mind. 
Oh Billy. 
 
           G#m      B        F# 
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Bridge 
G#m                 B 
Once he was a lover sleeping with another. 
F# 
Now he's just known as a cheat. 
       G#m                     B 
And he wish he'd had a mirror; looked a little clearer. 
F# 
Seen into the eyes of the weak. 
 
G#m                 B 
Once he was a lover sleeping with another. 
F# 
Now he's just known as a cheat. 
       G#m                     B 
And he wish he'd had a mirror; looked a little clearer. 
F# 
Seen into the eyes of the weak. 
 
Chorus 
         B             G#m             F# 
Tomorrow comes. Sorrow becomes his soul mate. 
              B                  G#m            F# 
The damage is done. The prodigal son is too late. 
    G#m                  B           F# 
Old doors are closed but he's always open, 
          G#m             B    F# 
To relive time in his mind. 
Oh Billy. 
 
 
           G#m      B        F# 
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Oh Billy 
 
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