James Blunt – Billy (Ukulele)

Capo 3
Key
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Versions (3)

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Chords

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

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

Am                C                    G
He knows the price that he's paid.
He admits that it's too
F9                          G
Late to admit that he's afraid.
Chorus
         C             Am             G
Tomorrow comes. Sorrow becomes his soul mate.

              C                  Am             G
The damage is done. The prodigal son is too late.

    Am                  C           G
Old doors are closed but he's always open,

          F9              G
To relive time in his mind.
Oh Billy. Am C G x2 Verse 2
Am       C      G
Billy's leaving today (don't know where he's going).

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

Am  C               G
He accepts it's his fate.
He admits it took too
F9                       G
Long to admit that he was wrong.
Chorus
         C             Am             G
Tomorrow comes. Sorrow becomes his soul mate.

              C                  Am             G
The damage is done. The prodigal son is too late.

    Am                  C           G
Old doors are closed but he's always open,

          F9              G
To relive time in his mind.
Oh Billy. Am C G x2 Bridge
F9                  Am
Once he was a lover sleeping with another.

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

       F9                      Am
And he wish he'd had a mirror; looked a little clearer.

C                             G
Seen into the eyes of the weak.

F9                  Am
Once he was a lover sleeping with another.

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

       F9                      
And he wish he'd had a mirror; looked a little clearer.

G
Seen into the eyes of the weak.
Chorus
         C             Am             G
Tomorrow comes. Sorrow becomes his soul mate.

              C                  Am             G
The damage is done. The prodigal son is too late.

    Am                  C           G
Old doors are closed but he's always open,

          F9              G
To relive time in his mind.
Oh Billy. Am C G x2 Zither.