Charming Billy chords by Johnny Preston

Chords with lyrics

Charming Billy:Billy Preston.
105 on BB Hot
100 on MERCURY Records in 1960.

INTRO: D MajorD

#1.
D MajorD
Can you really rock and roll Billy Boy, Billy Boy?
                   A augmentedA
Can you really rock and roll Charming Billy?
       G+G          D MajorD
I can really rock and roll, I can even do The Stroll.
D MajorD            A augmentedA        D MajorD
But I'm a young man and I can't leave my mother.

#2.
D MajorD
Can you play your guitar Billy Boy, Billy Boy?
                 A augmentedA
Can you play your guitar Charming Billy?
   G+G         D MajorD
I can play my guitar on stage and in my car.
D MajorD            A augmentedA        D MajorD
But I'm a young man and I can't leave my mother.

#3.
D MajorD
Can you blow your saxophone Billy Boy, Billy Boy?
                   A augmentedA
Can you blow your saxophone Charming Billy?
   G+G                D MajorD
I can blow my saxophone but sometimes I blow it wrong.
D MajorD            A augmentedA        D MajorD
But I'm a young man and I can't leave my mother.


INTERLUDE: Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb C minorCm Eb MajorEb AbAb Bb majorBb Eb MajorEb

#4.
Eb MajorEb
Can you ride a motor scooter Billy Boy, Billy Boy?
                   Bb majorBb
Can you ride a motor scooter Charming Billy?
   AbAb                 Eb MajorEb
I can ride my motor scooter cause it's a ring-tail tooter.
Eb MajorEb           Bb majorBb        Eb MajorEb
But I'm a young man and I can't leave my mother.

#5.
Eb MajorEb
Can you get yourself a date Billy Boy, Billy Boy?
                   Bb majorBb
Can you get yourself a date Charming Billy?
   AbAb            Eb MajorEb
I can get myself a date, but I always show up late.
Eb MajorEb         Bb majorBb        Eb MajorEb
I'm a young man and I can't leave my mother.

OUTRO:
   E MajorE              DbDb   E MajorE
I can really rock and roll, I can play my guitar..
         A augmentedA          BB
and I blow my saxophone now, Charming Billy.
   AbAb      BB          E MajorE
I can ride my motor scooter cause it's a ring-tail tooter.
E MajorE          BB        E MajorE
I'm a young man and I can't leave my mother.


A augmentedA sixties smash from Kraziekhat.