Billy Morgan chords by The Men They Couldnt Hang

Chords with lyrics

Intro: A minorAm

A minorAm            G+G          A minorAm
Morgan, the man with no tan comes in on the midday train
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Takes a room in a pensione down by the beach
A minorAm                     G+G      E minorEm
Unwraps his pistol, counts out the bullets beside it
   A minorAm           G+G      E minorEm      A minorAm
Four bullets, two men, it's certain with two bullets each


A minorAm          G+G            A minorAm
Down in the town the old men sit round by the harbour
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Watch as the tourists break all etiquette in the bars
  A minorAm                        G+G   E minorEm
At twilight the festival starts with a feast in the plaza
A minorAm           G+G   E minorEm      A minorAm
Followed by music and wine, fireworks and cigars

FF     E minorEm      A minorAm
Twilight arrives, the streets come alive
  FF       E minorEm       A minorAm
The Mayor and the Chief watch it begin
  FF    G+G      A minorAm
A augmentedA girl on a bike turns very businesslike
    Bb majorBb              A augmentedA
Leaves 50 grand and a pardon for the sins


C majorC   G+G     A minorAm   C majorC        G+G      A minorAm
 Goodbye Billy Morgan. Known from Amsterdam to Tripoli
C majorC          G+G    A minorAm      E minorEm
You can taste your death in every silent breath
A minorAm      E minorEm        A minorAm
Fear the curse, thought the enemy


  A minorAm          G+G           A minorAm
On Morgan's cheap TV the ministers agree at the summit
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In a room straight above there's a couple making love with a cheer
A minorAm                          G+G    E minorEm
Out across the water the statue of Christ throws a shadow
  A minorAm              G+G   E minorEm    A minorAm
It falls across the city to the window of the volunteer


    FF     E minorEm    A minorAm
On the Avenue de France a beggar does a dance
    FF        E minorEm       A minorAm
Sells chocolate to the marching men in masks
   FF   G+G      A minorAm
The Guardia Civile get a tip about a kill
 Bb majorBb                A augmentedA
Morgan doubts but no-one's out to ask

C majorC   G+G     A minorAm   C majorC        G+G      A minorAm
 Goodbye Billy Morgan. Known from Amsterdam to Tripoli
C majorC          G+G    A minorAm      E minorEm
You can taste your death in every silent breath
A minorAm      E minorEm        A minorAm
Fear the curse, thought the enemy

    A minorAm        G+G               A minorAm
The festival's begun; Morgan tucks the gun inside his jacket
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Walks towards the plaza singing "Boys of the Old Brigade"
  A minorAm                         G+G    E minorEm
Is followed by a rifle, confronted by the guards at a corner
      A minorAm            G+G  E minorEm     A minorAm
Lifts his hands like the statue and dies in the fusillade

      FF    E minorEm   A minorAm
Now the gunfire's heard, someone gives the word
  FF        E minorEm          A minorAm
Fireworks crash, the marching band turns right
  FF     G+G      A minorAm
Someone in a mask throws a bomb and does the task
    Bb majorBb                  A augmentedA
Rides off with a girl on the back of a motorbike


C majorC   G+G     A minorAm   C majorC        G+G      A minorAm
 Goodbye Billy Morgan. Known from Amsterdam to Tripoli
C majorC          G+G    A minorAm      E minorEm
You can taste your death in every silent breath
A minorAm      E minorEm        A minorAm
Fear the curse, thought the enemy
A minorAm      E minorEm        A minorAm
Fear the curse, thought the enemy
A minorAm      E minorEm        A minorAm
Fear the curse, thought the enemy...