Frank Black – Billy Radcliffe (Guitar)

Capo 1
Key
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Chords

Chords Bm x24432 F# 2443xx G 355433 A x02220 E 022100 D xx0232 G* 320003 [Intro]
   Bm                 F#
e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|--------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
D|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4----4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
A|-0-2-2-0-2-2-0-2----4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
E|--------------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
[Verse 1]
G     Bm        A            E
Billy Radcliffe didn't go to town

G
  And when we looked up

       D             A
He was looking right down

G        Bm          A              E
Catching blue in his eyes that were brown

G     Bm
Billy Radcliffe

G       Bm           G
 (Billy Radcliffe)

  Bm                  F#
e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|--------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
D|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4----4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
A|-0-2-2-0-2-2-0-2----4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
E|--------------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
[Verse 2]
G     Bm         A            E
Billy Radcliffe, owned by the state

G
From his first breath

       D        A
To the cemetery gate

G          Bm        A       E
He was the first boy born in space

G      Bm
 Billy Radcliffe

G       Bm           G
 (Billy Radcliffe)

   Bm                 F#
e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|--------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
D|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4----4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
A|-0-2-2-0-2-2-0-2----4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
E|--------------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
[Bridge]
Bm
  Billy Radcliffe, very first one

G
  He really had lived just a cursed son

E
  A split-in-half man, sang the cherubim

G      Bm
 Billy Radcliffe

G       Bm           G
 (Billy Radcliffe)

   Bm                 F#
e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|--------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
D|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4----4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
A|-0-2-2-0-2-2-0-2----4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
E|--------------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
[Chorus]
D     G         E            A         Bm
Billy Radcliffe saw what the Devil man saw (He saw)

D           G           E            A          Bm
  A spot of blue in the black of the eye of the Lord (The Lord)

D        G         E       A               Bm
  Such a cruel love is the kind that has wrought, oh, Billy

D       G*         D       G*       D       G*
  Billy Radcliffe

Oh
   Bm                 F#
e|----------------------------------|
B|----------------------------------|
G|--------------------3-3-3-3-3-3-3-|
D|-4-4-4-4-4-4-4-4----4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
A|-0-2-2-0-2-2-0-2----4-4-4-4-4-4-4-|
E|--------------------2-2-2-2-2-2-2-|
[Verse 3]
G      Bm     A           E
Billy, sadly, didn't live long

G
He had to stay there

           D          A
Because he wasn't too strong

     G                Bm
He's stepping out the door

        A         E
Blowing up like a bomb

G      Bm
 Billy Radcliffe

G       Bm           G
 (Billy Radcliffe)
[Bridge 2]
Bm
  Billy Radcliffe very first one 

G
  Really a hatched man light switch son

E
  A split in half man, sang the cherubim

Bm
  Billy Radcliffe very first one 

G
  A split in half man, sang the cherubim

E
  I bet you cried when he died now didya, now didya
[Chorus 2]
D          G         E            A         Bm 
 Now Billy Radcliffe saw what the devil man saw (he saw)

D          G           E            A          Bm
 A spot of blue in the black of the eye of the Lord, oh Billy 

D      G         E            A                    
 Billy Radcliffe saw what the devil had 

E           A
 And I feel very bad for 

Bm        G         Bm     G     Bm     G
  William Radcliffe

[Outro]
                    Let ring ->
e|-----------------2------------|
B|-----------------3------------|
G|-----------------2------------|
D|-----------------0------------|
A|-2-2-2-2-2-2-2-2--------------|
E|-0-3-3-0-3-3-0-3--------------|