Hey Willy - Shannon and The Clams (Dreams in the Rat House, 2013)
Chords:
DG* GCEA
e|---17-----19-----15-----15-----12-----12-----|
B|---19-----15-----15-----17-----12-----14-----|
G|---19-----16-----16-----17-----13-----14-----|
D|---19-----17-----17-----17-----14-----14-----|
A|---17------------17-----15-----14-----12-----|
E|-----------------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 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.
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Intro:
DG* DG*
D
Hey Willy, hey Willy
G*
You've got yourself a girl
D
Hey Willy, hey Willy
G*
Been lonely in this world
D
You know, you know
G*
You've got to treat her fine
D
Hey Willy, hey Willy
G
And love her all the time
GC
Just take your teenage arms and your frightened lips
DG
Go discover what you can't resist
GC
Well, don't you worry none, she's older than you
DG
She will know your little brother eyes
D
Hey Willy, hey Willy
G*
You've got yourself a girl
D
Hey Willy, hey Willy
G*
Been lonely in this world
D
You got to, got to know
G*
You better treat her fine
D
Hey Willy, hey Willy
G
You know that girl was mine
GC
Well, don't you know 'bout us? Our secret love?
DG
We both learned pain when we were young
GC
Once upon a time, we were high and free
DG
Then this old war come runnin' for me
EAE
Then the draft man come
GCG
I left and went on the run
EAE
I know that you were too young
GCD
To know why I went away
D
Hey Willy, hey Willy
G*
You've got yourself a girl
D
Hey Willy, hey Willy
G*
Been lonely in this world
D
You know, you know
G*
My baby brother's grown
D
Hey Willy, hey Willy
G*
Please make that girl your own
D
Hey Willy, hey Willy
G*
Please love her like I would
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