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Artist: The Decemberists
Album: Her Majesty
Song: Billy Liar
G G/F# Em
Billy Liar's got his hands in his pockets D A
A Em riff: E--2-0-----
Staring over at the neighbors, knickers down B------3-2-
A Em (riff) D
He's got his knickers down
So the summer is eternity for you
Sleeping in until your father's shaking you down
A Em (riff)
He's shaking you down
G G
And the mailroom shift gets a real short shrift
F#m F#m Em (riff)
As you dole out the packages, no-one seems to want you around
A Em (riff) A A A A
All skulking around
D Asus4/C# G/B A D A/sus4C# G/B G G A A
Let your legs loll on the lino, 'til your sinews spoil
D Asus4/C# G/B A D Asus4/C# G/B
Will you stay here for a while, dear, 'til the rad - io,
Em A D D D
Plays something familiar, plays something familiar
G G/F# Em A Em (riff) Em (riff) D
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B--------------3---------------------2-3---------------------------------------
G--------0-2-4---4-0-2-4-------0-2-4-----2-4-2-------------2-2-2-4-2-----------
D--0-2-4-------------------2-4-----------------2---------------------2---------
A------------------------------------------------------------------------------
E------------------------------------------------------------------------------
All a-drifting, he's a no good boy, oh
Sent a-fishing for a whalebone corset frame
His only catch all day
So he sits and lets the current take him
A gentle breeze will leave his pants in disarray
And at his ankles laid
As he drifts to sleep with a moan and a weep
He is decked by a Japanese geisha with a garland of pearls
How she twists and twirls
Let you legs loss on the lino, 'til your sinews spoil
Will you stay here for a while, dear, 'til the radio
Em A
Plays something familiar, plays something familiar
Em A
Plays something familiar, plays something familiar
D--5-5--4-4----------------------------------
A------------7-7--5-7-5--4-4--5-5--6-6--7-7-- (x2)
(Octave chords on A string)
G G F# F# E E D E D C# C# D D D# D# E E (repeat and fade)
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