heliocentric@breathe.com
25th February 2001, 2.41pm

BILLY HUNT by THE JAM

Written by Paul Weller

From the LP 'All Mod Cons' (Polydor, 1978)

Chords used:

C:  x3555x    F:       133211
G:  355433    G7sus4:  353533
D:  x5777x    Am:      577555
A:  577655
E:  x7999x

C G D (x2) C G (x2)

C (x32010@1)              G (320003@1)                       C (x32010@1)If it's not you moaning then it's someone else,
                G (320003@1)                     CJumping (x32010@1)down my throat every chance you get,
                G (320003@1)                       CIf (x32010@1)it's not you crying then it's probably me,
                  G (320003@1)               AYou're (x02220@1)the little dog messing up my tree -


Billy Hunt is a magical world,
D (xx0232@1)Full of strippers and long-legged girls,
A (x02220@1)Clark Kent's got nothing on me,
     D (xx0232@1)                     EI'll (022100@1)spy like James Bond and die like King Kong.

      ABilly (x02220@1)Hunt, Billy Hunt, Billy, Billy, Billy
      DBilly (xx0232@1)Hunt, Billy Hunt, Billy, Billy, Billy
      DBilly (xx0232@1)Hunt, Billy Hunt, Billy, Billy, Billy
      GBilly (320003@1)Hunt.

C (x32010@1)             G (320003@1)             C (x32010@1)I remember the first day at my job,
                    G (320003@1)                   CI (x32010@1)didn't get on too well with the foreman Bob,
            G (320003@1)                         CDo (x32010@1)this, Do that, Don't even stop for a cough,
                G (320003@1)                 AHe (x02220@1)used to be a sergeant in the R.A.F.


No-one pushes Billy Hunt around,
D (xx0232@1)Well they do, but not for long,
A (x02220@1)When I get fit and grow bionic arms,
D (tacet)
 The whole world's gonna wish it weren't born -

      ABilly (x02220@1)Hunt, Billy Hunt, Billy, Billy, Billy
      DBilly (xx0232@1)Hunt, Billy Hunt, Billy, Billy, Billy
      DBilly (xx0232@1)Hunt, Billy Hunt, Billy, Billy, Billy
      ABilly (x02220@1)Hunt.

D (xx0232@1)           G (320003@1)I could be a Superman
C (x32010@1)          F (133211@1)                 G (320003@1)Satisfy any women that I wanted to,
D (xx0232@1)           G (320003@1)I could be a human machine,
C (x32010@1)                 F (133211@1)               G7sus4 (3x301x@1)G (320003@1)I could show Steve Austin a thing or two -

Am E D G Am G C
(guitar solo)

C G (x4)

C (x32010@1)              G (320003@1)                       C (x32010@1)If it's not you moaning then it's someone else,
                G (320003@1)                      CJumping (x32010@1)down my throat, every chance you get,
                G (320003@1)                       CIf (x32010@1)it's not you crying then it's probably me,
                  G (320003@1)               AYou're (x02220@1)the little dog messing up my tree.


No one pushes Billy Hunt around,
D (xx0232@1)Well they do, but not for long,
A (x02220@1)When I get fit and grow bionic arms,
D (xx0232@1)The whole world's gonna wish it weren't born.

      ABilly (x02220@1)Hunt, Billy Hunt, Billy, Billy, Billy,
      DBilly (xx0232@1)Hunt, Billy Hunt, Billy, Billy, Billy,

Billy Hunt, Billy Hunt, Billy, Billy, Billy,
      GBilly (320003@1)Hunt.


Billy Hunt, Billy Hunt, Billy, Billy, Billy,

Billy Hunt, Billy Hunt, Billy, Billy, Billy,

Billy Hunt, Billy Hunt, Billy, Billy, Billy,

Billy Hunt.

Look out!

C G D (x2)

C (x32010@1)           G (320003@1)   D (xx0232@1)Billy, Billy Hunt     (x6)

C (x32010@1)