Chords for Billy Don't You Weep For Me

Tempo:
116.6 bpm
Chords used:

F

Cm

C

G

Bb

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[Fm] [C]
[F] [C]
[Ab] [Cm]
[F] [C]
[F] [Cm] [F]
[Cm]
Sally, where are you going?
[F] That you do [G] look so gay.
I know that I've not asked you to take a [F] walk today.
You have not [C] asked me, well [F] indeed it's a tidy [Cm] cheek of you.
[D] But you think that [Cm] there are no more young chaps.
I've got a [F] dozen or two.
Billy, don't you [C] weep for me.
I'm going to [Bb] St.
James' Park, me [Cm] cousin [F] Joe to see.
[A] [F]
Cousin [Cm] Joe, now who is he?
He's a soldier I can tell.
For I know that you fond of lobsters, both raw and [F] boiled as well.
My cousin [C] Joe's a guardsman, [F] he's a handsome chap.
[G] And he wears such fine mustachios and a stunning [F] furry cap.
Oh, Billy, [C] don't you weep for me.
I'm very fond of cousin [F] Joe and [A] I'll sit all on his knee.
[F]
[C] We're going to the play tonight, Jack Shepard four [F] to see.
And when that it is all over, we'll all have a jolly good spree.
I've [Cm] got money for a pint of stout and when we're short of tin, [G] I'll even go [Cm] and pawn Miss Mock to buy us a bottle [F] of gin.
Billy, don't you weep [C] for me.
I'm very fond [Bbm] of cousin [F] Joe and I'll sit all on his [Cm] knee.
[F] [C] [G]
Swotty, what's [Cm] the use of him?
He never can keep you.
[G] You'll have to work from morn till night, that's what you'll have to [F] do.
You'll have to make [Cm] sure to the penny heap or else stand out the tub [Bb] and [Fm] mark me words as [Cm] many a day you'll go very [F] short a grub.
[C] Sally, you'll cry for me.
[F] Hook it back to cousin Joe and sit all on his [Cm] knee.
[F]
[C]
In about a twelve month after young Sally come back to me [Bb] and she said that she [Cm] was sorry she'd ever been [F] on that spree.
Wanted me to take [C] her back, says I it is no [F] go.
For do you think that [C] I'm such a fool?
Go back [F] to cousin Joe.
Sally, you can't come over me for I see you've got a baby [Bb] to dance all on [F] your [Cm]
knee.
[F] [C] Billy, how [Cm] can you serve me so?
You really drive me mad.
[F] I'll have you [G] up before the beak and I'll swear [F] you are his dad.
When that you [C] get before the bench they [F] will not [Cm] let you speak [Bb] and [F] you'll have to keep the [Cm] young one on thirty [F] pence a week.
So Billy, [C] how can you serve me so?
I'm sure the child [F] belongs to you, not to cousin Joe.
Well in a week she gets [Cm] this summons but she found it was no go.
[G] The magistrate decided that the child [F] belonged to Joe.
She went up to [Cm] Billy's backyard, [Fm] quickly the [Cm] door she [G] shut [Fm] and when at last they [A] found her she drowned in the [F] water.
But so young women take warning [C] from me, [F] never love a soldier [Bbm] or sit [Bb] all [A] on his knee.
[F] [C]
[F] [C] [Fm]
[F] [Cm] [F]
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Cm
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C
3211
G
2131
Bb
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F
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Cm
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C
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To learn Nic Jones - (Remastered) Billy Dont You Weep For Me chords, your practice should emphasize these chord progressions: C, Bb, F, C, F and Cm. Start slow with ChordU's Free Tempo controller and increase your speed as you get comfortable. Adjust the capo based on your vocal range and chord preference, keeping the song's key of F Major in mind.

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_ _ _ _ _ [Fm] _ _ [C] _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Cm] _
_ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ [Cm] _ _ [F] _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] _
Sally, where are you going?
[F] That you do [G] look so gay.
I know that I've not asked you to take a [F] walk today.
You have not [C] asked me, well [F] indeed it's a tidy [Cm] cheek of you.
[D] But you think that [Cm] there are no more young chaps.
I've got a [F] dozen or two.
Billy, don't you [C] weep for me.
I'm going to [Bb] St.
James' Park, me [Cm] cousin [F] Joe to see.
[A] _ _ _ [F] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Cousin [Cm] Joe, now who is he?
He's a soldier I can tell.
For I know that you fond of lobsters, both raw and [F] boiled as well.
My cousin [C] Joe's a guardsman, [F] he's a handsome chap.
[G] And he wears such fine mustachios and a stunning [F] furry cap.
Oh, Billy, [C] don't you weep for me.
I'm very fond of cousin [F] Joe and [A] I'll sit all on his knee.
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] We're going to the play tonight, Jack Shepard four [F] to see.
And when that it is all over, we'll all have a jolly good spree.
I've [Cm] got money for a pint of stout and when we're short of tin, [G] I'll even go [Cm] and pawn Miss Mock to buy us a bottle [F] of gin.
Billy, don't you weep [C] for me.
I'm very fond [Bbm] of cousin [F] Joe and I'll sit all on his [Cm] knee. _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _ [G]
Swotty, what's [Cm] the use of him?
He never can keep you.
[G] You'll have to work from morn till night, that's what you'll have to [F] do.
You'll have to make [Cm] sure to the penny heap or else stand out the tub [Bb] and [Fm] mark me words as [Cm] many a day you'll go very [F] short a grub.
[C] Sally, you'll cry for me.
[F] Hook it back to cousin Joe and sit all on his [Cm] knee. _ _
[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [C] _
In about a twelve month after young Sally come back to me [Bb] and she said that she [Cm] was sorry she'd ever been [F] on that spree.
Wanted me to take [C] her back, says I it is no [F] go.
For do you think that [C] I'm such a fool?
Go back [F] to cousin Joe.
Sally, you can't come over me for I see you've got a baby [Bb] to dance all on [F] your [Cm] _
knee.
_ [F] _ _ _ [C] Billy, how [Cm] can you serve me so?
You really drive me mad.
[F] I'll have you [G] up before the beak and I'll swear [F] you are his dad.
When that you [C] get before the bench they [F] will not [Cm] let you speak [Bb] and [F] you'll have to keep the [Cm] young one on thirty [F] pence a week.
So Billy, [C] how can you serve me so?
I'm sure the child [F] belongs to you, not to cousin Joe.
_ Well in a week she gets [Cm] this summons but she found it was no go.
[G] The magistrate decided that the child [F] belonged to Joe.
She went up to [Cm] Billy's backyard, [Fm] quickly the [Cm] door she [G] shut [Fm] and when at last they [A] found her she drowned in the [F] water.
But so young women take warning [C] from me, [F] never love a soldier [Bbm] or sit [Bb] all _ [A] on his knee.
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