My Bill-Showboat (1994 Toronto Revivial) Chords

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_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ [F#] _ I used to [B] dream that I would [E] discover _ the [F#] perfect lover.
_ [B] _ _ [E] _
Someday [C#] I knew [F#m] I'd recognize _ [G#m] him _ [E] if ever _ he came [B] round my way.
_ [G#m] I always used to [A#] fancy then [D#] _ he'd be one of the godlike kind of men _
With [B] a [F#] giant brain [B] and a noble _ head
Like the _ heroes [F#] bold in the [B] _ books _ I've read.
_ [B] _ _
_ _ _ _ But [E] along _ came [C#m] _ _ Bill, [F#m]
who's not the type [B] at all. _ _
[E] You'd meet him on the street and [F#m] never notice [B] him.
_ [C#] _ His [F#m] form and _ [B] _ face, [E] his manly grace
_ [D#] _ [C#m] Are not the [F#] kind that you would [B]
find in a statue.
And [E] I _ _ [C#m] can't explain, it's [F#m] surely not [B] his brain
_ [E] That _ makes _ [B] me _ _ [C#m] _
_ [A] thrill.
I _ [F#] _
love him _ _ because [E] he's wonderful
_ [C#m] _ _ Because he's _ [C#] just [B] _ _ [E] my _ _ Bill. _ _ _
[F#] He can't play [B] golf or tennis [E] or polo
Or sing a [B] solo _ [E] or row.
He isn't [F#m] half as _ [B] handsome _ [E] as dozens _ [F#] of men _ [B] _ [E] that I know.
_ _ [G#m] He isn't tall or straight or [G#] slim
_ [D#]
And he dresses far worse [G#m] than Ted or Jim.
_ And [B] I can't [F#] explain [B] why he should [F#] _ be
[B] Just the one, one [F#] _ man in [B] the _ world _ _ _ for [C#m] _
_ me. _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
Just _ [C#m] my Bill. _ _
_ [F#m] _ An ordinary [B] guy. _
_ [E] He hasn't got [A#] a thing that I [F#m] can brag about.
_ [C#] _
[F#m] And yet to [B] be _ _ _ [E] upon his knee _
_ [C#m] So comfy _ [F#] and roomy [B] seems _ _ natural to me.
_ And [E] I _ _ can't [C#m] _ explain, [F#m] it's surely not [B] his brain
That [E] _ _ makes _ [E] _ [A] me _ [C#m] thrill.
_ _ [F#m] _ _ _
[F#] I _ love him _ _ _ because _ _ _ [E] he's_
I _ _ _ don't know. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Because [F#m] _ _ he's _ _ just [B] _ _ my _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [E]
Bill.
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