Billy Liar chords by The Decemberists

Chords with lyrics

Verse 1:
(C majorC)         FF      F/E  DmDm
Billy Liar's got his hands in his pockets
          G+G             DmDm
Staring over at his neighbor's, knickers down.
G+G             DmDm    G+G    C majorC
He's got his knickers down.
         FF    F/E   DmDm
So the summer is eternity for you?
            G+G            DmDm
Sleeping in until your father's shaking you down
G+G           DmDm    G+G
He's shaking you down.
    FF
And the mailroom shift gets a real short shrift
    E minorEm                          DmDm
As you dole out the packages, no-one seems to want you around
G+G       DmDm  G+G
All skullking around.

Chorus:
C majorC    E minorEm   A minorAm   FF
Let your legs loll on the lino
C majorC     E minorEm     A minorAm    FF
'Til your sinews spoil
C majorC    E minorEm   A minorAm   FF
Will you stay here for awhile, dear,
C majorC    E minorEm A minorAm    DmDm
'Til the radio, plays something familiar?
   G+G          C majorC
Plays something familiar.

Solo:
(C majorC), FF  F/E, Dm,
G+G , DmDm
G, DmDm
G, C majorC

Verse 2:
(C majorC)         FF     F/E  DmDm
All a-drifting, he's the nogood boyo
          G+G         DmDm
Sent a-fishing for a whalebone corset frame
G+G          DmDm    G+G    C majorC
(The only catch all day)
(C majorC)         FF      F/E  DmDm
So he sits and lets the current take him
          G+G             DmDm
A augmentedA gentle breeze will leave his pants in disarray
G+G             DmDm    G+G
And at his ankles laid.

   FF
As he drifts to sleep with a moan and a weep
    E minorEm                          DmDm
He is decked by a Japanese geisha with a garland of pearls
G+G         DmDm  G+G
How she twists and twirls!

Chorus:
C majorC    E minorEm   A minorAm   FF
Let your legs loll on the lino
C majorC     E minorEm     A minorAm    FF
'Til your sinews spoil
C majorC    E minorEm   A minorAm   FF
Will you stay here for awhile, dear,
C majorC    E minorEm A minorAm   DmDm
'Til the radio plays something familiar
   G+G
Plays something familiar
   DmDm
Plays something familiar
   G+G
Plays something familiar

DmDm
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G+G