Your Song Billy Paul
[Intro]
[Eb] [Ab] [Bb9/Eb] [Ab]
[Verse]
[Eb]It's a little bit fun[Ab7+]ny, Lord [Bb]this feeling in[Gm]side
[Cm]I'm not [Cm7]one of those[F#4/A] who can easil[Ab7]y hide
[Eb]I don't have much mon[Bb]ey [G/B]but boy, if I [Cm]did
[Eb]I'd buy a big [Fm7]mansion [Ab]where we both coul[Bb]d live
[Verse]
[Eb]If, if I was a s[Ab7+]culpture, Lord hone[Bb]y but then [Gm]again, no
[Cm]Or a man who makes po[Cm7]tions 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
[Cborus]
[Bb/D]And you can tell everybo[Cm]dy t[Ab7+]hat this is your s[Eb/Ab]ong
[Bb/D]It may be q[Cm]uite, 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 wo[Ab7]rds
How wonderful life is.[Fm].. when you're in the [Bb]world, [Bb]world,[Bb7] world
[Verse]
[Eb]If, if, if I was on a r[Ab7+]ooftop I'[Bb]d kick off my[Gm] shoes
[Cm]I'll write a few v[Cm7]erses a[F#4/A]nd then I get the blues[Ab7]
[Eb]But the sun's been [Bb]quite, q[G/B]uite 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 o[Bb]n on on
[Verse]
[Eb]So excuse me forg[Ab7+]etting, but the[Bb]se things I do, [Gm]Lord
[Cm]You see, you [Cm7]see I've forgotten[F#4/A] if they're green or bl[Ab7]ue
A[Eb]nyway 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 e[Ab]yes
The clearest eyes I've ever seen, I hope you know th[Bb]at
[Cborus]
[Bb/D]And you can tell everybo[Cm]dy t[Ab7+]hat this is your s[Eb/Ab]ong
[Bb/D]It may be q[Cm]uite, 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, Lo[Ab7]rd, words
I'm doin' it for how wonderful life is.[Fm].. when you're in the [Bb]world, w[Bb]oooorld, woorld[Bb7]
[Verse]
[Eb]If, if, if I was on a r[Ab7+]ooftop I[Bb]'d kick off my sh[Gm]oes
[Cm]I'll write a few v[Cm7]erses a[F#4/A]nd then I get the blues[Ab7]
[Eb]But the sun's been [Bb]quite, q[G/B]uite 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
[Cborus]
[Eb]So excuse me for[Ab7+]getting, but [Bb]these things I do[Gm]
[Cm]You see, you see I've for[Cm7]gotten [F#4/A]if they're green or b[Ab7]luuuuuuuue Baby
[Eb]Anyway the things [Bb]is, anyway the thing[G/B] is, what I really m[Cm]ean
[Eb]Your are the sweetest eyes[Fm7], you've got the sweetest eyes
[Ab]The sweetest eyes I've ever s[Bb]eeeeeeeen
[Eb]I hoping you go back,
[Verse]
g[Ab7+]o back and tell everybody [Bb]that Billy Paul's go[Gm]t a song
[Cm]I'm, I'm g[Cm7]onna sit upon a, a r[F#4/A]ooftop and kick off my [Ab7]shoes I'm
[Eb]gonna write it, [Bb]write it, [G/B]write it I might com[Cm]e out
[Eb]with the Gospel, the [Fm7]Blues, the [Ab]Jazz, the [Bb]Rock and Roll I'm gonna, got to
[Cborus]
[Eb]got to write me a simple song [Ab7+]for everybody [Bb]because this is m[Gm]y song
[Cm]It may be qu[Cm7]ite, quite simple bu[F#4/A]t that's how it's [Ab7]dooooooooone
[Eb]I hope you don't [Bb]mind, I hope you don't[G/B] mind what I w[Cm]rote down in words[Eb] [Fm7]
[Ab]You come on back, you try to try again, try again
[Outro]
[Eb]Tell eeeeever[Ab7+]ybody tha[Bb]t Billy Paul got a s[Gm]ong
[Cm]It may be [Cm7]quite, quite simple [F#4/A]but that's how it's [Ab7]dooooooooone, baby
[Eb]I hope you don't [Bb]mind, I hope you don't [G/B]mind what I [Cm]wrote down in woooooooooo[Eb]rds[Fm7]
[Ab]Hold it, hold it, hold it, hold it
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