Billy Liar
Billy Liar

Billy Liar chords by The Decemberists

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Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

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  • D

  • G

  • Em

  • A

  • F#m

    2

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  • D

  • G

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    2

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    2
    • Verse 1
    Billy 
    Liar's 
    got 
    his 
    hands 
    in 
    his 
    pockets 

    Staring 
    over 
    at 
    the 
    neighbor's, 

    knickers 
    down. 

    He's 
    got 
    his 
    knickers 
    down. 


    Verse 2
    So 
    the 
    summer 
    is 
    eternity 
    for 
    you? 

    Sleeping 
    in 
    until 
    your 
    father's 

    shaking 
    you 
    down 

    He's 
    shaking 
    you 
    down. 

    Verse 3
    And 
    the 
    mailroom shift 

    gets 
    a 
    real 
    short 
    shrift 

    As 
    you 
    dole 
    out 
    the 
    packages, 

    no- 
    one 
    seems 
    to 
    want 
    you 
    around 

    All 
    skulking 
    around. 

    Verse 4

    Let 
    you 
    legs 
    loss 
    on 
    the 
    lino 

    'Til 
    your 
    sinews 
    spoil 

    Will 
    you 
    stay 
    here 
    for 
    a 
    while, 

    dear, 

    'Til 
    the 
    ra
    di
    o 
    plays 

    something 
    familiar? 

    Plays 
    smoething familiar. 

    Interlude 1


    Verse 5
    All 
    a- drifting, 
    he's 
    a 
    nogood 
    boyo 

    Sent 
    a- 
    fishing 
    for 
    a 
    whalebone 

    corset 
    frame 

    (His only 
    catch 
    all 
    day) 

    Verse 6
    So he 
    sits 
    and 
    lets 
    the 
    current 
    take 
    him 

    A 
    gentle 
    breeze 
    will 
    leave 

    his 
    pants 
    in 
    disar
    ray 

    And 
    at 
    his 
    ankles 
    laid. 

    Verse 7
    As 
    he 
    drift
    s to 
    sleep 
    with 

    a 
    moan 
    and 
    a 
    weep 

    He 
    is 
    decked 
    by 
    a Japanese 
    geisha 

    with 
    a 
    garland 
    of 
    pearls 

    How 
    she twists 
    an
    d 
    twirls! 

    Verse 8

    Let 
    you 
    legs 
    loss 

    on 
    the 
    lino 

    'Til 
    your 
    sinews 
    spoil 

    Will 
    you 
    stay 
    here 
    for 
    a 
    while, 

    dear, 

    'Til 
    the 
    ra
    di
    o 
    plays 

    something 
    familiar? 

    Plays 
    smoething familiar. 

    Outro 1






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