James Blunt – Billy

Performed by
 James Blunt
Release Year
 2004
Album
 Back to Bedlam
Suggested Capo
 Fret 4

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James Blunt – Billy
Key: G# Minor BPM: ♩ = 79 Time: 4/4 
|G#m   B    |F#    |G#m   B    |F#    |

|G#m           B    |F#                              |
   Billy's leaving today, don't know where he's goin'
|G#m         B         |F#                              |
   Holds his head in disgrace, he can't escape the truth
|G#m            B              |F#                  |
   He knows the price that he's paid, he admits that
        |E                       |F#6  F#  |
it’s too late to admit that he's afraid

        |B               G#m           |F#                 |B                  G#m       |F#  |
Tomorrow comes, sorrow becomes his soul mate, the damage is done, the prodigal son is too late
   |G#m                   B          |F#             |E          |F#  -  -     D#/G   |
Old doors are closed, but he's always open, to relive time in his mind,    oh, Billy

|G#m   B    |F#    |G#m   B    |F#    |

|G#m           B    |F#                              |
   Billy's leaving today, don't know where he's going
|G#m        B           |F#                        |
   He's got lines on his face, they tell a story of
   |G#m        B             |F#                         |E                        |F#6  F#  |
his pain, he accepts it's his fate, he admits it took too long to admit that he was wrong

        |B               G#m           |F#                 |B                  G#m       |F#  |
Tomorrow comes, sorrow becomes his soul mate, the damage is done, the prodigal son is too late
   |G#m                   B          |F#             |E          |F#  -  -     D#/G   |
Old doors are closed, but he's always open, to relive time in his mind,    oh, Billy

|G#m   B    |F#    |G#m   B    |F#    |

|E                   G#m                   |B                         F#   |
 Once he was a lover sleeping with another, now, he's just known as a cheat
      |E                        G#m                     |B                         F#   |
And he wished he'd had a mirror looked a little clearer, seen into the eyes of the weak
     |E                   G#m                   |B                         F#   |
Yeah, once he was a lover sleeping with another, now, he's just known as a cheat
      |E                                                |F#6                       F#   |
And he wished he'd had a mirror looked a little clearer, seen into the eyes of the weak

        |B               G#m           |F#                 |B                  G#m       |F#  |
Tomorrow comes, sorrow becomes his soul mate, the damage is done, the prodigal son is too late
   |G#m                   B          |F#             |E          |F#  -  -     D#/G   |
Old doors are closed, but he's always open, to relive time in his mind,    oh, Billy

|G#m   B    |F#         |G#m   B    |F#    |
               Oh, Billy
|G#m   B    |F#         |G#m   B    |F#    |

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