Billy Liar chords by The Decemberists

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Verse 1
D 
G 
D 
 (D major) Billy Liar's got his  (G major) hands in his  (D major) pockets
Em 
A 
 (E minor) Staring over at the  (A major) neighbor's,
Em 
knickers down.  (E minor) 
A 
 (A major) He's got his knickers down.
Em 
A 
 (E minor)  (A major) 

Verse 2

So the summer is eternity for you?

Sleeping in until your father's

shaking you down

He's shaking you down.

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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
D 
 (D major) 
F#m 
D 
Bm 
G 
D 
Let you  (F sharp minor) legs  loss  (D major)  (B minor) on the  (G major) lino  (D major) 
F#m 
Bm 
G 
Em 
D 
'Til your sinews  (F sharp minor) spoil  (B minor)  (G major)  (E minor)  (D major) 
F#m 
Bm 
G 
Will you stay  (F sharp minor) here  (B minor) for a while,  (G major) 
D 
G 
D 
 (D major) dear,  (G major)  (D major) 
F#m 
D 
Bm 
'Til the ra (F sharp minor) di (D major)  (B minor) o plays
Em 
something  (E minor) familiar?
A 
D 
Plays  (A major) smoething familiar.  (D major) 
A 
 (A major) 

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 disarray

And at his ankles laid.

Verse 7
G 
As he drift (G major) s to sleep with
a moan and a weep
F#m 
He is decked  (F sharp minor) by a Japanese geisha
Em 
A 
with a garland of pearls  (E minor)  (A major) 
Em 
How she twists an (E minor) d   twirls!
A 
 (A major) 

Verse 8
D 
 (D major) 
F#m 
D 
Bm 
Let you  (F sharp minor) legs  loss  (D major)  (B minor) 
G 
D 
G 
D 
on the  (G major) lino  (D major)  (G major)  (D major) 
F#m 
Bm 
G 
Em 
G 
D 
'Til your sinews  (F sharp minor) spoil  (B minor)  (G major)  (E minor)  (G major)  (D major) 
F#m 
Bm 
G 
Will you stay  (F sharp minor) here  (B minor) for a  (G major) while,
D 
dear,  (D major) 
F#m 
D 
Bm 
Em 
'Til the ra (F sharp minor) di (D major)  (B minor) o  (E minor) plays
A 
Em 
 (A major) something  (E minor) familiar?
A 
Plays  (A major) smoething familiar.

Outro 1
A 
Em 
A 
Em 
A 
 (A major)  (E minor)  (A major)  (E minor)  (A major) 
Em 
 (E minor) 
A 
Em 
A 
 (A major)  (E minor)  (A major) 
Em 
A 
Em 
A 
 (E minor)  (A major)  (E minor)  (A major) 
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D 
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Em 
A 
 (E minor)  (A major)  (D major)  (A major)  (E minor)  (A major) 
Em 
 (E minor) 