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Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2427789,"song":"Billy The Mountain","artist":"Frank Zappa","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11498772-billy-the-mountain-chords-by-frank-zappa/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2427789?type=chord","rating":0.05024,"votes":0,"content":"[tab][ch]Ebsus4[/ch]\r\nBilly The Mountain[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Ebsus4[/ch]\r\nBilly The Mountain[/tab]\r\n\r\nN.C.\r\nA regular picturesque\r\n\r\nN.C.\r\nPostcardy mountain\r\n\r\nN.C.\r\nResiding between lovely\r\n\r\nN.C.\r\nRosamond and Gorman\r\n\r\nN.C.\r\nWith his stunning wife ETHELL,\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Eb5[/ch]\r\nA tree![/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Eb5[/ch]\r\nA tree![/tab]\r\n\r\nN.C.\r\nBILLY was a mountain\r\n\r\nN.C.\r\nETHELL was a tree\r\n\r\nN.C.\r\nGrowing off of his shoulder\r\n\r\nN.C.\r\nBILLY was a mountain\r\n\r\nN.C.\r\n(BILLY was a mountain!)\r\n\r\nN.C.\r\nETHELL was a tree\r\n\r\nN.C.\r\nGrowing off of his shoulder\r\n\r\nN.C.\r\n(ETHELL was a tree growing off of his shoulder)\r\n\r\nN.C.\r\n(hey, hey hey!)\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Ab[/ch]\r\nBilly had two big caves for eyes,[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nWith a cliff for a jaw that would go up 'n down,[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F#[/ch]\r\nAnd whenever it did he'd puff out some dust,[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]B[/ch]   [ch]Bb5[/ch] [ch]B[/ch] [ch]Bb5[/ch] [ch]Ab5[/ch]\r\nAnd hack up a boulder[/tab]\r\n(HACK!)\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]   [ch]Bb5[/ch] [ch]B[/ch] [ch]Bb5[/ch] [ch]Ab5[/ch]\r\nHack up a boulder[/tab]\r\n(HACK! HACK!)\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]B[/ch]   [ch]Bb5[/ch] [ch]B[/ch] [ch]Bb5[/ch] [ch]Ab5[/ch]\r\nHack up a boulder[/tab]\r\n(HACK! HACK! HACK!)\r\nUp a boulder\r\n\r\nN.C.\r\nNow, one day, now I believe it was on a Tuesday, a man in a checkered double-knit suit drove up in a large El\r\n\r\nN.C.\r\nDorado Cadillac, leased from BOB SPREEN... (where the freeways meet in Downey)\r\n\r\nN.C.\r\nAnd he laid a HUGE, BULGING ENVELOPE right at the corner of BILLY THE MOUNTAIN, that was right where his\r\n'foot' was supposed to be.\r\n\r\nN.C.\r\nNow, BILLY THE MOUNTAIN, he couldn't believe it! All those postcards he'd posed for, for ALL OF THOSE YEARS,\r\n\r\nN.C.\r\n and finally, now, AT LAST, his Royalties!\r\n\r\nN.C.\r\nRoyalties!\r\n\r\nN.C.\r\nRoyalties . . .\r\n\r\nN.C.\r\nRoyalties!\r\n\r\nN.C.\r\nRoyalty check is in, honey!\r\n\r\n[tab]                            [ch]Ab5[/ch]\r\nYes, BILLY THE MOUNTAIN was RICH![/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Ab5[/ch]\r\nYes, and his eyeball-caves, they widened in amazement, and his jaw (which was a cliff), well it dropped thirty[/tab]\r\nfeet!\r\n\r\nN.C.\r\nA bunch of dust puffed out! Rocks and boulders hacked up, (hack! hack!) crushing 'The LINCOLN'!\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]Ab[/ch]\r\nI gave him the money[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nHe acted real funny[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]Db[/ch]\r\nHe hocked up a rock and[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]Db[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]      [ch]Bb[/ch] [ch]Ab[/ch]\r\nIt TOTALLED my car![/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]           [ch]Ab[/ch]\r\nOh, do you know any trucks[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]         [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nMight be bound for THE VALLEY?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]Db[/ch]\r\nI don't wanna stand here[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Db[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Bb[/ch]  [ch]Ab[/ch]\r\nAll night in this bar[/tab]\r\n(Dear Lord)\r\n\r\n[tab] [ch]Db[/ch]\r\nI don't wanna stand here[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]Db[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Bb[/ch]    [ch]Ab[/ch]\r\nAll night in this bar[/tab]\r\n(No shit!)\r\n\r\n[tab]  [ch]Db[/ch]\r\nI don't wanna stand here[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Db[/ch]                [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nAll night in this bar![/tab]\r\n\r\nN.C.\r\nBy two o'clock, when the bars are already closed down, BILLY had broken 'THE BIG NEWS' to ETHELL.\r\n\r\nN.C.\r\nAnd with dust and boulders everywhere, BILLY, choked with excitement, announced . . .\r\n\r\nN.C.\r\n\"ETHELL, we're going on a VACATION!\"\r\n\r\nN.C.\r\nYes, and they WERE going on a vacation! (Oh, and ETHELL, ETHELL, ETHELL, like every little woman,\r\n\r\nN.C.\r\nshe of course was very excited! She creaked a little bit, and some old birds flew off of her.)\r\n\r\nN.C.\r\nBILLY told ETHELL they were going to . . .\r\n\r\n[ch]Ab[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\nN.C.\r\nYes! They were going to NEW YORK!\r\n\r\nN.C.\r\n\"ETHELL, we're going to . . . New York!\"\r\n\r\nN.C.\r\nBut first they were gonna stop in LAS VEGAS . . .\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Ab[/ch]\r\nIt's off to LAS VEGAS[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nto check out the lounges[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Db[/ch]\r\nPull a few handles,[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]Db[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Bb[/ch]   [ch]Ab[/ch]\r\nAnd drink a few beers,[/tab]\r\n(Oh, ETHELL!)\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Ab[/ch]\r\nETHELL, my darling,[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nyou know that I love you![/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]Db[/ch]\r\nI'm glad we could have a[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Db[/ch]    [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]Bb[/ch]    [ch]Ab[/ch]\r\nVacation this year![/tab]\r\n(Oh, NEET-O!)\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Db[/ch]\r\nGlad we could have a[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Db[/ch]            [ch]Eb[/ch]\r\nVacation this year![/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] (repeat this section)\r\nThey left that night, crunchin' across the Mojave Desert . . . their voices echoing through the canyons of[/tab]\r\nyour minds (POO-AAH!)\r\n\"ETHELL, wanna get a cuppa cawfee?\"\r\n(Howard Johnson's! Howard Johnson's!\r\nHoward Johnson's! Howard Johnson's!)\r\n\"Ahhh! there's a HOWARD JOHNSONS! Wanna eat some CLAMS?\"\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Ab[/ch]\r\nThe first noteworhty piece of real estate they destroyed was EDWARDS AIR FORCE BASE . . .[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Ab[/ch]\r\nAnd TO THIS VERY DAY, 'Wing Nuts' and Data Reduction Clerks alike, speak in reverent whispers about that[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Ab[/ch]\r\nfateful night when TEST STAND #1 and THE ROCKET SLED ITSELF . . . (We have ignition!) . . .[/tab]\r\n\r\n N.C.\r\ngot LUNCHED!\r\nI said LUNCHED! (Lunched!) By a FAMOUS MOUNTAIN-IN and his SMALL, WOODEN WIFE.","plain_text":"N.C.\nA regular picturesque\n\nN.C.\nPostcardy mountain\n\nN.C.\nResiding between lovely\n\nN.C.\nRosamond and Gorman\n\nN.C.\nWith his stunning wife ETHELL,\n\n\n\n\n\nN.C.\nBILLY was a mountain\n\nN.C.\nETHELL was a tree\n\nN.C.\nGrowing off of his shoulder\n\nN.C.\nBILLY was a mountain\n\nN.C.\n(BILLY was a mountain!)\n\nN.C.\nETHELL was a tree\n\nN.C.\nGrowing off of his shoulder\n\nN.C.\n(ETHELL was a tree growing off of his shoulder)\n\nN.C.\n(hey, hey hey!)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n(HACK!)\n\n\n(HACK! HACK!)\n\n\n(HACK! HACK! HACK!)\nUp a boulder\n\nN.C.\nNow, one day, now I believe it was on a Tuesday, a man in a checkered double-knit suit drove up in a large El\n\nN.C.\nDorado Cadillac, leased from BOB SPREEN... (where the freeways meet in Downey)\n\nN.C.\nAnd he laid a HUGE, BULGING ENVELOPE right at the corner of BILLY THE MOUNTAIN, that was right where his\n'foot' was supposed to be.\n\nN.C.\nNow, BILLY THE MOUNTAIN, he couldn't believe it! All those postcards he'd posed for, for ALL OF THOSE YEARS,\n\nN.C.\n and finally, now, AT LAST, his Royalties!\n\nN.C.\nRoyalties!\n\nN.C.\nRoyalties . . .\n\nN.C.\nRoyalties!\n\nN.C.\nRoyalty check is in, honey!\n\n\n\n\nfeet!\n\nN.C.\nA bunch of dust puffed out! Rocks and boulders hacked up, (hack! hack!) crushing 'The LINCOLN'!\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n(Dear Lord)\n\n\n\n\n(No shit!)\n\n\n\n\n\nN.C.\nBy two o'clock, when the bars are already closed down, BILLY had broken 'THE BIG NEWS' to ETHELL.\n\nN.C.\nAnd with dust and boulders everywhere, BILLY, choked with excitement, announced . . .\n\nN.C.\n\"ETHELL, we're going on a VACATION!\"\n\nN.C.\nYes, and they WERE going on a vacation! (Oh, and ETHELL, ETHELL, ETHELL, like every little woman,\n\nN.C.\nshe of course was very excited! She creaked a little bit, and some old birds flew off of her.)\n\nN.C.\nBILLY told ETHELL they were going to . . .\n\nAb G\n\nN.C.\nYes! They were going to NEW YORK!\n\nN.C.\n\"ETHELL, we're going to . . . New York!\"\n\nN.C.\nBut first they were gonna stop in LAS VEGAS . . .\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n(Oh, ETHELL!)\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n(Oh, NEET-O!)\n\n\n\n\n\n\nyour minds (POO-AAH!)\n\"ETHELL, wanna get a cuppa cawfee?\"\n(Howard Johnson's! Howard Johnson's!\nHoward Johnson's! Howard Johnson's!)\n\"Ahhh! there's a HOWARD JOHNSONS! Wanna eat some CLAMS?\"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n N.C.\ngot LUNCHED!\nI said LUNCHED! (Lunched!) By a FAMOUS MOUNTAIN-IN and his SMALL, WOODEN WIFE.","chords":["Ebsus4","C","A","Eb5","Ab","G","F#","B","Bb5","Ab5","Bb","Db","Eb","F"],"chord_diagrams":{"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}