* THE DECEMBERISTS *
Album: Her Majesty the Decemberists
Song: Billy Liar
Standard Tuning: EADGBe
VERSE I
G Em
Billy Liar's got his hands in his pockets
A Em
Staring over at his neighbor's, knickers down.
A Em A D
He's got his knickers down.
G Em
So the summer is eternity for you?
A Em
Sleeping in until your father's shaking you down
A Em A
He's shaking you down.
G
And the mailroom shift gets a real short shrift
F#m Em
As you dole out the packages, no-one seems to want you around
A Em A
All skullking around.
CHORUS
D Bm D Bm
Let your legs loll on the lino
D F#m Em G A
'Til your sinews spoil
D Bm D Bm
Will you stay here for awhile, dear,
D F#m Em G
'Til the radio plays something familiar?
A
Plays something familiar.
SOLO I
G Em
e---------5----7----8--9----10----7----5----7-----|
B-------------------------------------------------|
G-------------------------------------------------|
D-------------------------------------------------|
A-------------------------------------------------|
E-------------------------------------------------|
[ Tab from: https://www.guitartabs.cc/tabs/d/decemberists/billy_liar_tab.html ]
A Em
e---------5----7----8--9----10----7----5----7----0-|
B----8---------------------------------------------|
G--------------------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------------------|
A--------------------------------------------------|
E--------------------------------------------------|
A Em
e----5----3----2----0----2/3----5----3----2----0---|
B--------------------------------------------------|
G--------------------------------------------------|
D--------------------------------------------------|
A--------------------------------------------------|
E--------------------------------------------------|
A D
e----5----3----2----0--|
B----------------------|
G----------------------|
D----------------------|
A----------------------|
E----------------------|
VERSE II (Same Chords)
All a-drifting, he's the nogood boyo
Sent a-fishing for a whalebone corset frame
(The 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!
CHORUS (Same Chords and Words) *ADD
D F#m Em G
'Til the radio plays something familiar
A
Plays something familiar
Em
Plays something familiar
A
Plays something familiar
OUTRO
Em A
e--3--3--2--2--0--0----0-----------------------------|
B--------------------3---3--2--2--3--3--4--4--5--5---|
G----------------------------------------------------|
D----------------------------------------------------|
A----------------------------------------------------|
E----------------------------------------------------|
Em
Bah bah bah bah bah bah bah-da-dah
A
Bah bah bah bah bah bah bah bah
REPEAT UNTIL FADE
