Your Song — Billy Paul
Chords and lyrics for Your Song by Billy Paul (key of G#).
Intro
[Eb] [Ab] [Bb9/Eb] [Ab]
Verse
[Eb]It's a little bit [Ab7+]funny, Lord [Bb]this feeling [Gm]inside
[Cm]I'm not [Cm7]one of those[F#4/A] who can [Ab7]easily hide
[Eb]I don't have much [Bb]money [G/B]but boy, if I [Cm]did
[Eb]I'd buy a big [Fm7]mansion [Ab]where we both [Bb]could live
Verse
[Eb]If, if I was a [Ab7+]sculpture, Lord [Bb]honey but then [Gm]again, no
[Cm]Or a man who makes [Cm7]potions in [F#4/A]a travelin' show[Ab7]
[Eb]I know it's not [Bb]much, I know it's not [G/B]much, but it's the best I can [Cm]do
[Eb]You gave a [Fm7]gift, Lord [Ab]and I'm gon' sing it for [Bb]you
Chorus
[Bb/D]And you can tell [Cm]everybody [Ab7+]that this is your [Eb/Ab]song
[Bb/D]It may be [Cm]quite, quite simple but that's[Ab7+] how it's[Eb/Ab] done
[Cm]I hope you don't [Cm7]mind, I hope you don't[F#4/A] mind what I wrote down in [Ab7]words
How wonderful life [Fm]is... when you're in the [Bb]world, [Bb]world,[Bb7] world
Verse
[Eb]If, if, if I was on a [Ab7+]rooftop [Bb]I'd kick off my[Gm] shoes
[Cm]I'll write a few [Cm7]verses [F#4/A]and then I get the blues[Ab7]
[Eb]But the sun's been [Bb]quite, [G/B]quite kind While I wrote[Cm] this song
[Eb]It's for people like [Fm7]you and people like [Ab]me
I wanna, I wanna keep turnin' on [Bb]on on on
Verse
[Eb]So excuse me [Ab7+]forgetting, but [Bb]these things I do, [Gm]Lord
[Cm]You see, you [Cm7]see I've forgotten[F#4/A] if they're green or [Ab7]blue
[Eb]Anyway the things[Bb] is, anyway the thing[G/B] is, what I really [Cm]mean
[Eb]Your are the sweetest eyes,[Fm7] you've got the sweetest [Ab]eyes
The clearest eyes I've ever seen, I hope you know [Bb]that
Chorus
[Bb/D]And you can tell [Cm]everybody [Ab7+]that this is your [Eb/Ab]song
[Bb/D]It may be [Cm]quite, quite simple but that's[Ab7+] how it's[Eb/Ab] done
[Cm]I hope you don't [Cm7]mind, I hope you don't[F#4/A] mind, but I wrote down in words,
[Ab7]Lord, words
I'm doin' it for how wonderful life [Fm]is... when you're in the [Bb]world,
[Bb]world, world[Bb7]
Verse
[Eb]If, if, if I was on a [Ab7+]rooftop [Bb]I'd kick off my [Gm]shoes
[Cm]I'll write a few [Cm7]verses [F#4/A]and then I get the blues[Ab7]
[Eb]But the sun's been [Bb]quite, [G/B]quite kind While I wrote[Cm] this song
[Eb]It's for people like [Fm7]you and people like [Ab]me I wanna, I wanna keep turnin'
on
[Bb]So excuse so excuse me
Chorus
[Eb]So excuse me [Ab7+]forgetting, but [Bb]these things I do[Gm]
[Cm]You see, you see I've [Cm7]forgotten [F#4/A]if they're green or [Ab7]blue Baby
[Eb]Anyway the things [Bb]is, anyway the thing[G/B] is, what I really [Cm]mean
[Eb]Your are the sweetest [Fm7]eyes, you've got the sweetest eyes
[Ab]The sweetest eyes I've ever [Bb]seen
[Eb]I hoping you go back,
Verse
[Ab7+]go back and tell everybody [Bb]that Billy Paul's [Gm]got a song
[Cm]I'm, I'm [Cm7]gonna sit upon a, a [F#4/A]rooftop and kick off my [Ab7]shoes I'm
[Eb]gonna write it, [Bb]write it, [G/B]write it I might [Cm]come out
[Eb]with the Gospel, the [Fm7]Blues, the [Ab]Jazz, the [Bb]Rock and Roll I'm gonna, got to
Chorus
[Eb]got to write me a simple song [Ab7+]for everybody [Bb]because this is [Gm]my song
[Cm]It may be [Cm7]quite, quite simple [F#4/A]but that's how it's [Ab7]done
[Eb]I hope you don't [Bb]mind, I hope you don't[G/B] mind what I [Cm]wrote down in words[Eb]
[Fm7]
[Ab]You come on back, you try to try again, try again
Outro
[Eb]Tell [Ab7+]eeeeeverybody [Bb]that Billy Paul got a [Gm]song
[Cm]It may be [Cm7]quite, quite simple [F#4/A]but that's how it's [Ab7]done, baby
[Eb]I hope you don't [Bb]mind, I hope you don't [G/B]mind what I [Cm]wrote down in words
[Eb] [Fm7]
[Ab]Hold it, hold it, hold it, hold it
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