{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2094227,"song":"Come Home Billy Bird","artist":"The Divine Comedy","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11454851-come-home-billy-bird-chords-by-the-divine-comedy/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2094227?type=chord","rating":4.82237,"votes":12,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]E[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]F#m[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWilliam wakes with his clothes on.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe morning call has been and gone,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]Bm[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]A[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nAnd he might not make the flight but he will try.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBit by bit it comes back to him,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nA bunch of Belgian business men[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Bm[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd a strange drinking game, oh God why?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]         [ch]Bm[/ch]          [ch]F#m[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nCome home Billy Bird, international business traveller.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]         [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nCome home Billy Bird.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe hails a cab but the driver sucks.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe drives so slowly and he talks so much[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]Bm[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nThat it hurts Billy Bird's aching brain.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe runs from the cab to the check-in desk.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nShe says, \"no way\", but William begs on his knees,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\"Please, please, please.\" \"Well OK\".[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]         [ch]Bm[/ch]          [ch]F#m[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nCome home Billy Bird, international business traveller.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]         [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nCome home Billy Bird.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Interlude]\r\n[ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n[ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nDrenched in sweat he finds his seat[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd with the luggage squeezed down beneath his feet[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]Bm[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe begins to think that things can't get no worse.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut then a voice says, bags that can't be stowed[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nIn the overhead locker must go below in the hold,[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nPlease let go, thank-you sir[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]         [ch]Bm[/ch]          [ch]F#m[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nCome home Billy Bird, international business traveller.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]         [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nCome home Billy Bird.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Interlude]\r\n[tab][ch]F#m[/ch]  [ch]C#m[/ch]  [ch]F#m[/ch]  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nCome home William[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]    [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nCome home[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe runs on past the carousel screaming, damn my luggage all to hell.[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Bm[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI can buy a new shirt and tie any day.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe rides from the airport into town,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]\r\nTo the high-school football ground[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Bm[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nWhere his son has just begun his big football game.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]         [ch]Bm[/ch]          [ch]F#m[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nCome home Billy Bird, international business traveller.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]         [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nCome home Billy Bird.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]         [ch]Bm[/ch]          [ch]F#m[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nCome home Billy Bird, international business traveller.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]         [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nCome home Billy Bird.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]         [ch]Bm[/ch]          [ch]F#m[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nCome home Billy Bird, international business traveller.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]         [ch]Dm[/ch]\r\nCome home Billy Bird.[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nE Bm F#m A D Dm\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n[Interlude]\nA D A D\nA D A D\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n[Interlude]\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["E","Bm","F#m","A","D","Dm","G","C","C#m"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Dm":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,3,1],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,1]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}