Cmon Billy

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From: Heggie David 

 
Subject: CRD:C'Mon Billy by PJ Harvey
Date: Tue, 28 Nov 95 14:15:00 PST


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]


 Am           
 C   
 Am          
 C
  C'mon Billy,     Come to me

 Am                    
 C       
 Dm   
 C   
 Dm 
 C   
 Am
  You know I'm waiting,  I'll love you endlessly.

 Am           
 C  
 Am                   
 C
  C'mon Billy,    you're the only one,

 Am                          
 C       
 Dm  
 C    
 Dm 
 C  
 Am
  Don't you think it's time now you met your on-ly son ?

 Am          
 C   
 Am                
 C
  I remember      our lovers' play

 Am                   
 C     
 Dm  
 C  
 Dm 
 C   
 Am
  The corn was golden,  we lay in it for days

 Am          
 C   
 Am                   
 C
  I remember      the things you said

 Am               
 C         
 Dm 
 C    
 Dm 
 C     
 Dm
  My little Billy,    come to your lo-ver's bed

[CHORUS]

 Dm          
 Am
  Come home,  is my plea

 Em                
 Am
  Your home now is  here with me

 Dm         
 Am
  Come home  to your son

 Em
  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 :


 Am                
 C  
 Am          
 C
  Come along Billy,    Come to Me

Until the end of the song.
Easy-Peasy.
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From: JGresik@aol.com
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 1995 23:09:01 -0500

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:
-------------

 Gsus4  
 Asus4              
 Gsus4                  
         C'mon Billy

 Asus4               
 Gsus4
  Come to me

 Asus4                               
 Gsus4
  You know I'm waiting
  
 Asus4                           
 Gsus4
I love you endlessly

 Asus4                
 Gsus4
   C'mon Billy

 Asus4                              
 Gsus4
  You're the only one

 Asus4                                           
 Gsus4
   Don't you think it's time now
        
 Asus4                            
 Gsus4
You met your only son


 Asus4                  
 Gsus4
   I remember

 Asus4                    
 Gsus4
   Lovers' play

 Asus4                                     
 Gsus4
   The corn was gold and
      
 Asus4                         
 Gsus4
We lay in it for days

 Asus4                    
 Gsus4
      I remember

 Asus4                                
 Gsus4
   The things you said

 Asus4                     
 Gsus4
   My little Billy,
          
 Asus4
Come to your lover's bed


Verse two:
--------------

 Am
   Come home

 C/A
   It's my plea

 Dm                             
 C/A
   Your home now is here with me

 Am
   Come home

 C/A
   To your son

 Em7 (770007)
   Tommorrow might never come


Verse three (as verse one):
-----------------------------------
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:
---------

 Gsus4  
 Asus4                                                  
 Gsus4   X7
       Come along Billy now come to me   

 Asus4                                    
 Am
Come along now come to      me



--- Matt (iaovertigo@aol.com)