The Decemberists – Billy Liar (Guitar Solo Tab)

Capo 2
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Chords

[Verse 1]
(C)                  F            F/E    Dm
Billy Liar's got his hands in his pockets

                    G                         Dm
Staring over at his neighbor's, knickers down.

G                          Dm        G        C
He's got his knickers down.

                 F        F/E     Dm
So the summer is eternity for you?

                       G                        Dm
Sleeping in until your father's shaking you down

G                     Dm        G
He's shaking you down.

        F
And the mailroom shift gets a real short shrift

       Em                                                   Dm
As you dole out the packages, no-one seems to want you around

G              Dm    G
All skullking around.
[Chorus]
C        Em      Am      F
Let your legs loll on the lino

C         Em         Am        F    
'Til your sinews spoil

C        Em      Am     F
Will you stay here for awhile, dear,

C        Em  Am       Dm
'Til the radio,  plays something familiar?

      G                   C
Plays something familiar.
[Solo] (C), F F/E, Dm, G , Dm G, Dm G, C [Verse 2]
(C)                  F          F/E    Dm
All a-drifting, he's the nogood boyo

                    G                  Dm
Sent a-fishing for a whalebone corset frame

G                    Dm        G        C
(The only catch all day)

(C)                  F            F/E    Dm
So he sits and lets the current take him

                    G                         Dm
A gentle breeze will leave his pants in disarray

G                          Dm        G 
And at his ankles laid.

      F 
As he drifts to sleep with a moan and a weep

       Em                                                   Dm
He is decked by a Japanese geisha with a garland of pearls

G                  Dm    G
How she twists and twirls!
[Chorus]
C        Em      Am      F
Let your legs loll on the lino

C         Em         Am        F    
'Til your sinews spoil

C        Em      Am     F
Will you stay here for awhile, dear,

C        Em  Am     Dm
'Til the radio plays something familiar

      G
Plays something familiar

      Dm
Plays something familiar

      G
Plays something familiar

Dm
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G
Bah bah bah bah bah bah bah bah