James Blunt – Billy (Guitar)

Capo 3
Key
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Versions (3)

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Chords

(As James plays the track live) [Intro] Em G D x2 [Verse 1]
Em     G         D
Billy's leaving today (don't know where he's going).

Em          G         D
Holds his head in disgrace (he can't escape the truth).

Em                G                    D
He knows the price that he's paid.
He admits that it's too
C9                          D
Late to admit that he's afraid.
[Chorus]
         G             Em             D
Tomorrow comes. Sorrow becomes his soul mate.

              G                  Em             D
The damage is done. The prodigal son is too late.

    Em                  G           D
Old doors are closed but he's always open,

          C9              D
To relive time in his mind.
Oh Billy. Em G D x2 [Verse 2]
Em       G      D
Billy's leaving today (don't know where he's going).

Em       G            D
He's got lines on his face (they tell the story of his pain).

Em  G               D
He accepts it's his fate.
He admits it took too
C9                       D
Long to admit that he was wrong.
[Chorus]
         G             Em             D
Tomorrow comes. Sorrow becomes his soul mate.

              G                  Em             D
The damage is done. The prodigal son is too late.

    Em                  G           D
Old doors are closed but he's always open,

          C9              D
To relive time in his mind.
Oh Billy. Em G D x2 [Bridge]
C9                  Em
Once he was a lover sleeping with another.

G                             D
Now he's just known as a cheat.

       C9                      Em
And he wish he'd had a mirror; looked a little clearer.

G                             D
Seen into the eyes of the weak.

C9                  Em
Once he was a lover sleeping with another.

G                             D
Now he's just known as a cheat.

       C9                      
And he wish he'd had a mirror; looked a little clearer.

D
Seen into the eyes of the weak.
[Chorus]
         G             Em             D
Tomorrow comes. Sorrow becomes his soul mate.

              G                  Em             D
The damage is done. The prodigal son is too late.

    Em                  G           D
Old doors are closed but he's always open,

          C9              D
To relive time in his mind.
Oh Billy. Em G D x2 Zither.