The Ballad of Bill Hubbard — Roger Waters
Chords and lyrics for The Ballad of Bill Hubbard by Roger Waters (key of D#).
Intro
[G7sus4] [Gmb6] [G7sus4] [Gmb6]
[Gmb6] [Cm7/G] [D/A]
[Gsus2] [Eb/Bb] [Gmb6] [D/A]
[Gsus2]
[F] [Eb/Bb] [Gmb6] [Dm/A] [Eb/Bb] [F]
Spoken Word: Alf Razzell
[Gsus2] Two things that have haunted me most are the days when I had to collect
the paybooks
And [F]when I left [Eb/Bb]Bill Hubbard in [Cm7/G]no-man's-land[Gsus2]
[Gsus2] I was picked up and [F]taken into their trench
[Eb/Bb] And I'd no sooner taken [Cm7/G]two or three steps down the trench when I heard
[Gsus2]a call
"Hello [Gsus2]Razz, I'm glad to see you. This is my second night here," and he
said
"I'm feeling [Gsus2]bad," and it was Bill Hubbard, one of the men we'd [F]trained in
England
One of the original [Eb/Bb]battalion
I [Cm7/G]had a look at his wound, rolled him [Gsus2]over, I could see it was probably a
fatal wound
You could [Eb/Bb]imagine what pain he was in, he was dripping with [Gsus2]sweat
And [F]after I'd gone about three shellholes, [Eb/Bb]traversed that, had it been
Had there been a [Cm7/G]path or a road I could have done [Eb/Bb]better
He pummeled me, "Put me down, put me [Cm7/G]down, I'd rather die, I'd rather die,
[D/A]put me down"
[Gsus2] [F] [Eb/Bb] [Cm7/G] I was hoping he would [Gsus2]faint
n.c.
He said "I can't go any further, let me die"
n.c.
I said "If I leave you here Bill you won"t be found, let's have another go"
[Gsus2] He said "All right then" [F]And the same thing [Eb/Bb]happened
He couldn't stand it any more, and I had to [Eb/Bb]leave him there, in
[Cm7/G]no-man's-land[D/A]
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