Hey Willy chords by Shannon And The Clams

Chords with lyrics

Hey Willy - Shannon and The Clams (Dreams in the Rat House, 2013)

Chords:

   D MajorD   G*   G+G   C majorC   E MajorE   A augmentedA
e|---17-----19-----15-----15-----12-----12-----|
BB|---19-----15-----15-----17-----12-----14-----|
G+G|---19-----16-----16-----17-----13-----14-----|
D MajorD|---19-----17-----17-----17-----14-----14-----|
A augmentedA|---17------------17-----15-----14-----12-----|
E MajorE|-----------------15------------12------------|

The chords are pretty standard barre chords, just very high up the neck. Sounds most like how they play it
the way I have written the chords, but play it however you want.

The G* chord I have listed is the same as the G+G with your pinky fretting the 19th fret.
I didn't write the whole chord because it's easier to play it with just those four strings.
I only put the * to signify that little change to the chord. It is only used in the verses.

Intro:

D MajorD  G* D MajorD  G*

          D MajorD
Hey Willy, hey Willy
           G*
You've got yourself a girl
          D MajorD
Hey Willy, hey Willy
          G*
Been lonely in this world
         D MajorD
You know, you know
            G*
You've got to treat her fine
          D MajorD
Hey Willy, hey Willy
           G+G
And love her all the time


        G+G           C majorC
Just take your teenage arms and your frightened lips
  D MajorD            G+G
Go discover what you can't resist
        G+G          C majorC
Well, don't you worry none, she's older than you
     D MajorD            G+G
She will know your little brother eyes

          D MajorD
Hey Willy, hey Willy
           G*
You've got yourself a girl
          D MajorD
Hey Willy, hey Willy
          G*
Been lonely in this world
           D MajorD
You got to, got to know
           G*
You better treat her fine
          D MajorD
Hey Willy, hey Willy
            G+G
You know that girl was mine


        G+G         C majorC
Well, don't you know 'bout us? Our secret love?
D MajorD          G+G
We both learned pain when we were young
      G+G           C majorC
Once upon a time, we were high and free
       D MajorD          G+G
Then this old war come runnin' for me


E MajorE    A augmentedA     E MajorE
Then the draft man come
G+G     C majorC      G+G
I left and went on the run
E MajorE      A augmentedA      E MajorE
I know that you were too young
G+G      C majorC   D MajorD
To know why I went away


          D MajorD
Hey Willy, hey Willy
           G*
You've got yourself a girl
          D MajorD
Hey Willy, hey Willy
          G*
Been lonely in this world
         D MajorD
You know, you know
         G*
My baby brother's grown
          D MajorD
Hey Willy, hey Willy
              G*
Please make that girl your own
          D MajorD
Hey Willy, hey Willy
            G*
Please love her like I would