C'MON BILLY
by Polly Jean Harvey
Performed by PJ Harvey
from "To Bring You My Love" LP
Chords written out by David Heggie
Firstly, the song itself is fairly easy to play chord-wise -
there's no hard chords in it at all. There's a fair amount of
muting of the strings, very like in her other song on the same
album, "Send His Love To Me". No amount of describing would tell
you how to play this - just listen to the record and play along -
you'll get the hang of it.
The chords used & how to play them are :
Am C Dm Em e:---0-----0----1-----0----- Notice how she plays the Am chord
B:---1-----1----3-----0----- it's played this way (hammering on
G:---0h2---0----2-----0----- the E and A notes) throughout the
D:---0h2---2----0-----2----- verses. Again, to make it
A:---0-----3----0-----2----- clearer, listen to the record.
E:---0----(3)---x-----0-----
Here's how they fit into the Verse and Chorus :
[VERSE]
C'mon Billy, Come to me
You know I'm waiting, I'll love you endlessly.
C'mon Billy, you're the only one,
Don't you think it's time now you met your on-ly son ?
I remember our lovers' play
The corn was golden, we lay in it for days
I remember the things you said
My little Billy, come to your lo-ver's bed
[CHORUS]
Come home, is my plea
Your home now is here with me
Come home to your son
Tomorrow might never come
[VERSE]
C'mon Billy, you look good to me
How many nights now your child inside ohh - v.unsure about this!
Don't forget me, I had your son
Damn thing went crazy, but I swear you're the only one
[INSTRUMENTAL] for rest of verse
Then just repeat :
Come along Billy, Come to Me
Until the end of the song.
Easy-Peasy.
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| David Heggie, SCOT, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh |
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PJ HARVEY: "C'MON BILLY"
(Polly Jean Harvey)
from the album To Bring You My Love
(Don't strum all the strings on the following chords although on some strokes
you will need to. It's not too hard once you get the feel of it.)
G4 -- 330003
A4 -- 002200
Verse one:
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C'mon Billy
Come to me
You know I'm waiting
I love you endlessly
C'mon Billy
You're the only one
Don't you think it's time now
You met your only son
I remember
Lovers' play
The corn was gold and
We lay in it for days
I remember
The things you said
My little Billy,
Come to your lover's bed
Verse two:
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Come home
It's my plea
Your home now is here with me
Come home
To your son
(770007)
Tommorrow might never come
Verse three (as verse one):
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C'mon Billy
You look good to me
How many nights now?
Your child inside oh
Don't forget me
I had your son
Don't think we're crazy
But I swear you're the only one
(Instr -- using chords from verse two)
Ending:
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X7
Come along Billy now come to me
Come along now come to me