Nik Kershaw ? Billy
What follows is an interpretation of a work as perceived by a listener and fan.
Copyright of all material remains with the owner.
Shout out to Isaac Abraham for supplying the chords to www.nikkershaw.it
Cadd9 030010 D X00232 D/G 3X0230
D/F# 200232 Emin7 022030 G 320003
A 002220 Bm 224432 Bm/A X20232
E/G# 422100
Intro: Cadd9, D, D/G, D/F#, Cadd9,
[D]Billy is a [Emin7]new man he [G]does the best he [A]can
to figure [D]out what it's a[Emin7]bout and what the [G]hell he's meant to [A]be.
He does the [D]right thing when ex[Emin7]pected nuff res[G]pect once in a [A]while
he likes a [D]smoke and a [Emin7]joke just as [G]long as it's [A]P.C.
And he [Bm]thinks that he [Bm/A]cries at the [E/G#]Movies
'Cos he's in [A]touch with his feminine [Dsus4/F#]side
[G]Sally wants a [D]proud man
[G]Sally wants a [D]proud [A]man
[Em]Sally wants a [D/F#]proud m[G]an
But she's [A]taken all his [G]pride
[D]Billy is a [Emin7]new man at [G]least when she's [A]around
a model [D]father or if [Emin7]needed he'll be [G]mother for the [A]day
He watches "[D]Men Behaving [Emin7]Badly" though he'll [G]gladly switch it [A]off
if she's of[D]fended he'll pre[Emin7]tend it wasn't [G]funny any [A]way
He's got [Bm]one face he [Bm/A]keeps for his [E/G#]woman
And [A]one for when he's out with the [Dsus4/F#]guys
[G]Sally wants a [D]true man
[G]Sally wants a [D]true [A]man
[Em]Sally wants a [D/F#]true ma[G]n
But he?s [A]living out a [G]lie
[Cadd9]Better [G]go and find an [D]analyst or [Amin7]someth[G/B]ing
[Cadd9]time for [G]sorting out his [D]head[Dsus4]
[Dm7/A]Better [Am7]go and find a [G/B]book to read a[F]bout it
[F]just like his[Am7] daddy neve[G/B]r did
Instr: D, Emin7, G, A X 4
And he [Bm]reads Marie [Bm/A]Claire at the [E/G#]Doctors just
in [A]case there is something he should [Dsus4/F#]know
[G]Sally wants a [D]free man
[G]Sally wants a [D]free [A]man
[Em]Sally wants a [D/F#]free man[G]
But she'll [A]never let him [G]go
[D]Billy is con[Emin7]fused he feels a[G]busive and abused[A]
he's got [D]one hand on an [Emin7]olive branch the [G]other on his [A]crotch
He drives a [D]sensible cou[Emin7]pe he thinks O[G]asis are O[A]K
he drinks non [D]alcoholic [Emin7]lager though he'd [G]rather have a s[A]cotch
And he [Bm]tries very [Bm/A]hard to be [E/G#]happy but there
are a [A]few little things in the [Dsus4/F#]way
[G]Billy wants a [D]good girl and a [Bm]bad girl and a [Dmaj7]blonde girl and a
[G]brunette or a [D]Bond girl and a [Bm]house maid and a [Dmaj7]teas maid and a
[G]French maid yes a [D]sex aid and a [Bm]Goddess and a [Dmaj7]confidante a
[G]wet nurse and an [D]agony aunt a [Bm]lover mother [Dmaj7]baby sitter a
[G]young girl with a [D]pretty face and [Bm]smart but not too [Dmaj7]smart to love an
[G]arsehole yeah an [D]arsehole Billy [Bm]wants to be an [Dmaj7]arsehole singin'
[G]Billy wants it [D]all now
[G]Billy wants it [D]all [A]now
[Em]Billy wants it [D/F#]all n[G]ow
But he's [A]too ashamed to [G]say
[G]Sally wants a [D]Superman
[G]Sally wants a [D]Super[A]man
[Em]Sally wants a [D/F#]Superm[G]an
But she [A]hasn't got a [G]chance
What follows is an interpretation of a work as perceived by a listener and fan.
Copyright of all material remains with the owner.
Shout out to Isaac Abraham for supplying the chords to www.nikkershaw.it
Cadd9 030010 D X00232 D/G 3X0230
D/F# 200232 Emin7 022030 G 320003
A 002220 Bm 224432 Bm/A X20232
E/G# 422100
Intro: Cadd9, D, D/G, D/F#, Cadd9,
[D]Billy is a [Emin7]new man he [G]does the best he [A]can
to figure [D]out what it's a[Emin7]bout and what the [G]hell he's meant to [A]be.
He does the [D]right thing when ex[Emin7]pected nuff res[G]pect once in a [A]while
he likes a [D]smoke and a [Emin7]joke just as [G]long as it's [A]P.C.
And he [Bm]thinks that he [Bm/A]cries at the [E/G#]Movies
'Cos he's in [A]touch with his feminine [Dsus4/F#]side
[G]Sally wants a [D]proud man
[G]Sally wants a [D]proud [A]man
[Em]Sally wants a [D/F#]proud m[G]an
But she's [A]taken all his [G]pride
[D]Billy is a [Emin7]new man at [G]least when she's [A]around
a model [D]father or if [Emin7]needed he'll be [G]mother for the [A]day
He watches "[D]Men Behaving [Emin7]Badly" though he'll [G]gladly switch it [A]off
if she's of[D]fended he'll pre[Emin7]tend it wasn't [G]funny any [A]way
He's got [Bm]one face he [Bm/A]keeps for his [E/G#]woman
And [A]one for when he's out with the [Dsus4/F#]guys
[G]Sally wants a [D]true man
[G]Sally wants a [D]true [A]man
[Em]Sally wants a [D/F#]true ma[G]n
But he?s [A]living out a [G]lie
[Cadd9]Better [G]go and find an [D]analyst or [Amin7]someth[G/B]ing
[Cadd9]time for [G]sorting out his [D]head[Dsus4]
[Dm7/A]Better [Am7]go and find a [G/B]book to read a[F]bout it
[F]just like his[Am7] daddy neve[G/B]r did
Instr: D, Emin7, G, A X 4
And he [Bm]reads Marie [Bm/A]Claire at the [E/G#]Doctors just
in [A]case there is something he should [Dsus4/F#]know
[G]Sally wants a [D]free man
[G]Sally wants a [D]free [A]man
[Em]Sally wants a [D/F#]free man[G]
But she'll [A]never let him [G]go
[D]Billy is con[Emin7]fused he feels a[G]busive and abused[A]
he's got [D]one hand on an [Emin7]olive branch the [G]other on his [A]crotch
He drives a [D]sensible cou[Emin7]pe he thinks O[G]asis are O[A]K
he drinks non [D]alcoholic [Emin7]lager though he'd [G]rather have a s[A]cotch
And he [Bm]tries very [Bm/A]hard to be [E/G#]happy but there
are a [A]few little things in the [Dsus4/F#]way
[G]Billy wants a [D]good girl and a [Bm]bad girl and a [Dmaj7]blonde girl and a
[G]brunette or a [D]Bond girl and a [Bm]house maid and a [Dmaj7]teas maid and a
[G]French maid yes a [D]sex aid and a [Bm]Goddess and a [Dmaj7]confidante a
[G]wet nurse and an [D]agony aunt a [Bm]lover mother [Dmaj7]baby sitter a
[G]young girl with a [D]pretty face and [Bm]smart but not too [Dmaj7]smart to love an
[G]arsehole yeah an [D]arsehole Billy [Bm]wants to be an [Dmaj7]arsehole singin'
[G]Billy wants it [D]all now
[G]Billy wants it [D]all [A]now
[Em]Billy wants it [D/F#]all n[G]ow
But he's [A]too ashamed to [G]say
[G]Sally wants a [D]Superman
[G]Sally wants a [D]Super[A]man
[Em]Sally wants a [D/F#]Superm[G]an
But she [A]hasn't got a [G]chance
