Chords Billy Bragg - Honey Im A Big Boy Now
Lyrics Billy Bragg - Honey Im A Big Boy Now
honey i’m a big boy now
billy bragg
from the album : talking with the taxman about poetry
posted ultimateguitar . com by matt quinn
any corrections or suggestions welcome .
one of my all time favourite billy bragg songs . another tragic tale of love
gone wrong , this time it’s due to the hero not pulling his weight with the
domestic chores . anyone know of any other songs on this theme? do let me know .
note that the last chord of the verse pattern is G7 on odd verses ( when
followed by another verse ) but C7 on even verses ( when followed by the
chorus )
verse 1 :
C C7
i can see the kitchen light
F F
from the road where i park my bike
C C G7 G7
but it’s dark there as it often is these days
C C7
and the gloomy living room
F F
really needs a dust and broom
C G7 C
but i can’t brush your memory away
[ one bar of G7 after verses 1 & 3; one bar of C7 after verses 2 & 4 ]
verse 2 :
her father was an admiral
in someone else’s navy
and she had seen the world before i met her
she would wash and cook and clean
and all the other things between
and like a fool i just sat there and let her
chorus 1 :
F F
now i can feed and dress and wash myself
C F
and sleep without the light on
C C G7 G7
honey , i’m a big boy now
C C7
i don’t know what she does
F F
with all the money that i send her
C G7 C
she’s running ’round the town with the young pretender
verse 3 :
i haven’t touched the garden
since the day she walked away
from a love affair that bore only bitter fruit
she took everything she wanted
which is why she left me here
with these pots and pans and my old wedding suit
verse 4 :
a letter came one morning
that she would not let me see
and from that day i began to realize
that she would one day break
the home we tried to make
for sinners cannot live in paradise
chorus 2 :
now i can feed and dress and wash myself
and sleep without the light on
honey , i’m a big boy now
i don’t know what she does
with all the money that i send her
she’s running ’round the town with the young pretender
[ one bar of G7 ]
C C7
i don’t know what she does
F F
with all the money that i send her
C G7 F C
she’s running ’round the town with the young pre – tender
honey i’m a big boy now
billy bragg
from the album : talking with the taxman about poetry
posted ultimateguitar . com by matt quinn
any corrections or suggestions welcome .
one of my all time favourite billy bragg songs . another tragic tale of love
gone wrong , this time it’s due to the hero not pulling his weight with the
domestic chores . anyone know of any other songs on this theme? do let me know .
note that the last chord of the verse pattern is G7 on odd verses ( when
followed by another verse ) but C7 on even verses ( when followed by the
chorus )
verse 1 :
C C7
i can see the kitchen light
F F
from the road where i park my bike
C C G7 G7
but it’s dark there as it often is these days
C C7
and the gloomy living room
F F
really needs a dust and broom
C G7 C
but i can’t brush your memory away
[ one bar of G7 after verses 1 & 3; one bar of C7 after verses 2 & 4 ]
verse 2 :
her father was an admiral
in someone else’s navy
and she had seen the world before i met her
she would wash and cook and clean
and all the other things between
and like a fool i just sat there and let her
chorus 1 :
F F
now i can feed and dress and wash myself
C F
and sleep without the light on
C C G7 G7
honey , i’m a big boy now
C C7
i don’t know what she does
F F
with all the money that i send her
C G7 C
she’s running ’round the town with the young pretender
verse 3 :
i haven’t touched the garden
since the day she walked away
from a love affair that bore only bitter fruit
she took everything she wanted
which is why she left me here
with these pots and pans and my old wedding suit
verse 4 :
a letter came one morning
that she would not let me see
and from that day i began to realize
that she would one day break
the home we tried to make
for sinners cannot live in paradise
chorus 2 :
now i can feed and dress and wash myself
and sleep without the light on
honey , i’m a big boy now
i don’t know what she does
with all the money that i send her
she’s running ’round the town with the young pretender
[ one bar of G7 ]
C C7
i don’t know what she does
F F
with all the money that i send her
C G7 F C
she’s running ’round the town with the young pre – tender