Chord/Tab song: C'mon Billy

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'mon Billy[C], [Am] Come to me[C]
[Am] You know I'm waiting[C], I'll [Dm]love [C]you [Dm]end[C]less[Am]ly.
[Am] C'mon Billy[C], [Am] you're the only one[C],
[Am] Don't you think it's time [C]now you [Dm]met [C]your [Dm]on-[C]ly [Am]son ?
[Am] I remember[C] [Am] our lovers' play[C]
[Am] The corn was golden[C], we [Dm]lay [C]in [Dm]it [C]for [Am]days
[Am] I remember[C] [Am] the things you said[C]
[Am] My little Billy[C], come [Dm]to [C]your [Dm]lo-[C]ver's [Dm]bed

(CHORUS)
[Dm] Come home,[Am] is my plea
[Em] Your home now is[Am] here with me
[Dm] Come home[Am] 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] Come along Billy[C], [Am] Come to Me[C]

Until the end of the song.
Easy-Peasy.
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| David Heggie, SCOT, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh |
| EMail: HeggieD@scot.hw.ac.uk OR texdh@bonaly.hw.ac.uk |
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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:

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[G4] [A4] C'mon Billy[G4]
[A4] Come to me[G4]
[A4] You know I'm waiting[G4]
I [A4]love you endlessly[G4]
[A4] C'mon Billy[G4]
[A4] You're the only one[G4]
[A4] Don't you think it's time now[G4]
You met [A4]your only son[G4]

[A4] I remember[G4]
[A4] Lovers' play[G4]
[A4] The corn was gold and[G4]
We lay[A4] in it for days[G4]
[A4] I remember[G4]
[A4] The things you said[G4]
[A4] My little Billy,[G4]
Come to yo[A4]ur lover's bed

Verse two:

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[Am] Come home
[C/A] It's my plea
[Dm] Your home now is here with m[C/A]e
[Am] Come home
[C/A] To your son
Em7 (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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G4 A4 G4 X7
Come along Billy now come to me
[A4]Come along now come to me[Am]


--- Matt (iaovertigo@aol.com)