Cmon Billy chords by PJ Harvey

C'MON BILLY

by Polly Jean Harvey
Performed by PJ Harvey
from "To Bring You My Love" LP
Chords written out by David Heggie

Firstly, the song itself is fairly easy to play chord-wise -
there's no hard chords in it at all.  There's a fair amount of
muting of the strings, very like in her other song on the same
album, "Send His Love To Me". No amount of describing would tell
you how to play this - just listen to the record and play along -
 you'll get the hang of it.

The chords used & how to play them are :

     Am    C    Dm    Em e:---0-----0----1-----0-----  Notice how she plays the Am chord
B:---1-----1----3-----0-----  it's played this way (hammering on
G:---0h2---0----2-----0-----  the E and A notes) throughout the
D:---0h2---2----0-----2-----  verses.  Again, to make it
A:---0-----3----0-----2-----  clearer, listen to the record.
E:---0----(3)---x-----0-----

Here's how they fit into the Verse and Chorus :

[VERSE]

Am           C   Am          C
  C'mon ..
Am                    C       Dm   C   Dm C   Am
  You ...
Am           C  Am                   C
  C'mon ..
Am                          C       Dm  C    Dm C  Am
  Don't ..
Am          C   Am                C
  I ..
Am                   C     Dm  C  Dm C   Am
  The ..
Am          C   Am                   C
  I ..
Am               C         Dm C    Dm C     Dm
  My ..

[CHORUS]
Dm          Am
  Come ..
Em                Am
  Your ..
Dm         Am
  Come ..
Em
  Tomorrow ..

[VERSE]
C'mon ..
How ..
Don't ..
Damn ..

[INSTRUMENTAL] for rest of verse

Then just repeat :

Am                C  Am          C
  Come ..

Until ...
Easy-Peasy.
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| David Heggie, SCOT, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh |
| EMail: HeggieD@scot.hw.ac.uk OR texdh@bonaly.hw.ac.uk |
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VERSION 2



PJ HARVEY: "C'MON BILLY"
(Polly Jean Harvey)
from the album To Bring You My Love


(Don't strum all the strings on the following chords although on some strokes
you will need to. It's not too hard once you get the feel of it.)
G4 -- 330003
A4 -- 002200


Verse one:
-------------
G4  A4              G4
         C'mon ..
A4               G4
  Come ..
A4                               G4
  You ..
  A4                           G4
I ..
A4                G4
   C'mon ..
A4                              G4
  You're ..
A4                                           G4
   Don't ..
        A4                            G4
You ..

A4                  G4
   I ..
A4                    G4
   Lovers' ..
A4                                     G4
   The ..
      A4                         G4
We ..
A4                    G4
      I ..
A4                                G4
   The ..
A4                     G4
   My ..
          A4
Come ..


Verse two:
--------------
Am
   Come ..
C/A
   It's ..
Dm                             C/A
   Your ..
Am
   Come ..
C/A
   To ..
Em7 (770007)
   Tommorrow ..


Verse three (as verse one):
-----------------------------------
(Instr -- using chords from verse two)


Ending:
---------
G4  A4                                                  G4   X7
       Come ..
A4                                    Am
Come ..


--- Matt (iaovertigo@aol.com)