Little Boy Billee chords by Ralph Steadman

Chords with lyrics

Ralph Steadman - Little Boy Billee
Rogue's Gallery: Pirate Ballads, Sea Songs, and Chanteys (2006)
Original in C majorC
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         C majorC       G+G
There were three men of Bristol city
         G+G       C majorC
There were three men of Bristol city
       C majorC        FF
They stole a ship and went to sea
       G+G        C majorC
They stole a ship and went to sea


         C majorC         G+G
There was Gorgin' Jack and Guzzlin' Jimmy
         G+G         C majorC
There was Gorging Jack and Guzzlin' Jimmy
     C majorC       FF
And also Little Boy Billee
     G+G       C majorC
And also Little Boy Billee

       C majorC        G+G
They stole a tin of captain's biscuits
       G+G        C majorC
They stole a tin of captain's biscuits
       C majorC       FF
And one large bottle of whiskey
       G+G       C majorC
And one large bottle of whiskey


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But when they reached the broad Atlantic
       G+G          C majorC
But when they reached the broad Atlantic
         C majorC         FF
They had nothing left but one split pea
         G+G         C majorC
They had nothing left but one split pea


       C majorC        G+G
Said Gorging Jack to Guzzling Jimmy
       G+G        C majorC
Said Gorging Jack to Guzzling Jimmy
         C majorC            FF
We've nothing to eat so I'm going to eat thee
         G+G            C majorC
We've nothing to eat so I'm going to eat thee

       C majorC         G+G
Said Guzzling Jimmy, I'm old and toughish
       G+G         C majorC
Said Guzzling Jimmy, I'm old and toughish
      C majorC       FF
So lets eat Little Boy Billee
      G+G       C majorC
So lets eat Little Boy Billee


       C majorC              G+G
Oh Little Boy Billee, we're gonna kill and eat ya
       G+G              C majorC
Oh Little Boy Billee, we're gonna kill and eat ya
        C majorC            FF
So undo the top button of your little chemie
        G+G            C majorC
So undo the top button of your little chemie


     C majorC     G+G
Oh may I say my catechism
     G+G     C majorC
Oh may I say my catechism
       C majorC        FF
That my dear mother taught to me
       G+G        C majorC
That my dear mother taught to me


       C majorC        G+G
He climbed up to the main top gallon
       G+G        C majorC
He climbed up to the main top gallon
       C majorC       FF
And there he fell upon his knee
       G+G       C majorC
And there he fell upon his knee


      C majorC            G+G
But when he reached the eleventh commandment
      G+G            C majorC
But when he reached the eleventh commandment
       C majorC       FF
He cried, yo ho, Holland I see
       G+G       C majorC
He cried, yo ho, Holland I see


    C majorC        G+G
I see Jerusalem and Madagascar
    G+G        C majorC
I see Jerusalem and Madagascar
       C majorC     FF
And North and South Americie
       G+G     C majorC
And North and South Americie


     C majorC        G+G
I see the British fleet at anchor
     G+G        C majorC
I see the British fleet at anchor
        C majorC     FF
And our Admiral Nelson, KCB
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And our Admiral Nelson, KCB


         C majorC         G+G
They hung Gorgin' Jack and Guzzlin' Jimmy
         G+G         C majorC
They hung Gorgin' Jack and Guzzlin' Jimmy
         C majorC            FF
But they made an admiral of Little Boy Billee
       G+G          C majorC
They made an admiral of Little Billee