Chords for Billy Connolly on Gerry Rafferty (Conan O'Brien, 2012)
Tempo:
93.6 bpm
Chords used:
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C
Bm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
Music has been a big part of your life.
Oh yeah.
And you started out as a banjo player.
Yes.
With Jerry Rafferty, who I always loved.
Oh, Jerry was lovely.
And I think we have a picture of the two of you guys.
We're in a group together.
Oh yeah.
The, what is it, the Humblebums?
We were the Humblebums, yeah.
Yeah, and.
That was in Amsterdam.
And you, and unfortunately, Jerry passed away.
Gee, last year, yeah.
He, well, I won't go into why he died.
It was kind of a terribly sad story, but he died.
And I was in the, we hadn't been together
for a long, long time.
We'd phone and stuff like that.
But I was in Australia and he was in his deathbed
and his wife called me and said,
do you want to talk to him?
And I said, yeah, sure.
She says, well, you can't, he's not really
in a sort of telephone state of mind.
She said, but you can text him.
And so we texted him in his deathbed
and we're gonna, and he's just anyway.
I've heard of people texting each other
and that it's a very powerful situation.
LOL, you know, it just seems like a.
I've never been in that position myself.
Yeah.
But I was trying to make him laugh, you know,
and I was reminding him of old times
and he was roaring and laughing
and we'd get carried away.
And then I just get, his wife didn't know
half the stuff I was texting about.
But we smoked the Bible once.
You and Jerry Rafferty smoked the Bible once?
Well, it was the sixties, you know.
You know, the sixties doesn't just explain everything.
I shot a camel.
What?
It was the sixties.
We were all doing it.
Yeah.
What do you mean?
[E] No, but you would have loved it.
We, we.
Yes, I would have.
You would have gone to hell with me.
[B] Yeah, yeah.
But in those days you did these sort of folk clubs
and they would say the fee,
it would be X amount of money plus accommodation.
Well, that meant the couch or the floor or something.
Right.
So we're in this guy's house and we were all drunk
and I had some hashish.
Goodness knows how it got in my pocket.
Pakistani black hashish.
You're ducking under low bridges with this stuff.
And I got out towards the end of the night
and I said, anybody get any papers or skins,
as we used to say, us cooler guys.
And nobody had any papers.
And I said, well, I saw a movie once
and it was a prison movie and they were smoking the Bible.
Apparently.
Using the paper, yeah.
If you get a page of the Bible,
you can get a reasonable cigarette paper.
So the guy who owned the house was up in his bed, drunk.
And I said, I'll go and ask him if he's got a Bible.
[C] [B] And I was kind of drunk as well.
I went into the room and I said,
you, you, he was sitting up reading, this guy, pissed.
I'll always remember it.
He was reading a book of war planes.
You know those books?
Maybe you remember them as a boy yourself.
They're long books.
How to spot war planes.
Silhouettes, [Bm] yeah.
Ah, I'm glad someone else remembers.
But that was his chosen reading.
He was sitting up [B] in bed.
Yeah, what's this trouble?
I said, you wouldn't happen to have a Bible, would you?
He says, yes, I've got a Bible.
I said, you want it?
I said, I just want a couple of pages.
He said, yes, certainly.
Any particular pages?
I said, no, no.
He went, oh, it's a blank page.
[N]
I didn't really need you to mime out
what happened after that.
And it was revelation.
[B]
Oh yeah.
And you started out as a banjo player.
Yes.
With Jerry Rafferty, who I always loved.
Oh, Jerry was lovely.
And I think we have a picture of the two of you guys.
We're in a group together.
Oh yeah.
The, what is it, the Humblebums?
We were the Humblebums, yeah.
Yeah, and.
That was in Amsterdam.
And you, and unfortunately, Jerry passed away.
Gee, last year, yeah.
He, well, I won't go into why he died.
It was kind of a terribly sad story, but he died.
And I was in the, we hadn't been together
for a long, long time.
We'd phone and stuff like that.
But I was in Australia and he was in his deathbed
and his wife called me and said,
do you want to talk to him?
And I said, yeah, sure.
She says, well, you can't, he's not really
in a sort of telephone state of mind.
She said, but you can text him.
And so we texted him in his deathbed
and we're gonna, and he's just anyway.
I've heard of people texting each other
and that it's a very powerful situation.
LOL, you know, it just seems like a.
I've never been in that position myself.
Yeah.
But I was trying to make him laugh, you know,
and I was reminding him of old times
and he was roaring and laughing
and we'd get carried away.
And then I just get, his wife didn't know
half the stuff I was texting about.
But we smoked the Bible once.
You and Jerry Rafferty smoked the Bible once?
Well, it was the sixties, you know.
You know, the sixties doesn't just explain everything.
I shot a camel.
What?
It was the sixties.
We were all doing it.
Yeah.
What do you mean?
[E] No, but you would have loved it.
We, we.
Yes, I would have.
You would have gone to hell with me.
[B] Yeah, yeah.
But in those days you did these sort of folk clubs
and they would say the fee,
it would be X amount of money plus accommodation.
Well, that meant the couch or the floor or something.
Right.
So we're in this guy's house and we were all drunk
and I had some hashish.
Goodness knows how it got in my pocket.
Pakistani black hashish.
You're ducking under low bridges with this stuff.
And I got out towards the end of the night
and I said, anybody get any papers or skins,
as we used to say, us cooler guys.
And nobody had any papers.
And I said, well, I saw a movie once
and it was a prison movie and they were smoking the Bible.
Apparently.
Using the paper, yeah.
If you get a page of the Bible,
you can get a reasonable cigarette paper.
So the guy who owned the house was up in his bed, drunk.
And I said, I'll go and ask him if he's got a Bible.
[C] [B] And I was kind of drunk as well.
I went into the room and I said,
you, you, he was sitting up reading, this guy, pissed.
I'll always remember it.
He was reading a book of war planes.
You know those books?
Maybe you remember them as a boy yourself.
They're long books.
How to spot war planes.
Silhouettes, [Bm] yeah.
Ah, I'm glad someone else remembers.
But that was his chosen reading.
He was sitting up [B] in bed.
Yeah, what's this trouble?
I said, you wouldn't happen to have a Bible, would you?
He says, yes, I've got a Bible.
I said, you want it?
I said, I just want a couple of pages.
He said, yes, certainly.
Any particular pages?
I said, no, no.
He went, oh, it's a blank page.
[N]
I didn't really need you to mime out
what happened after that.
And it was revelation.
[B]
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_ _ Music has been a big part of your life.
Oh yeah.
And you started out as a banjo player.
Yes.
With Jerry Rafferty, who I always loved.
Oh, Jerry was lovely.
And I think we have a picture of the two of you guys.
We're in a group together.
Oh yeah.
The, what is it, the Humblebums?
We were the Humblebums, yeah.
Yeah, and.
That was in Amsterdam.
And you, and unfortunately, _ Jerry passed away.
Gee, last year, yeah.
He, well, I won't go into why he died.
It was kind of a terribly sad story, but _ he died.
And I was in the, we hadn't been together
for a long, long time.
We'd phone and stuff like that.
But I was in Australia and he was in his deathbed
and his wife called me and said,
do you want to talk to him?
And I said, yeah, sure.
She says, well, you can't, he's not really
in a sort of telephone state of mind.
She said, but you can text him.
_ And so we texted him in his deathbed
and we're gonna, and he's just anyway.
I've heard of people texting each other
and that it's a very powerful situation.
LOL, you know, it just seems like a.
I've never been in that position myself.
Yeah.
But I was trying to make him laugh, you know,
and I was reminding him of old times
and he was roaring and laughing
and we'd get carried away.
And then I just get, his wife didn't know
half the stuff I was texting about.
But we smoked the Bible once. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ You and Jerry Rafferty smoked the Bible once?
Well, it was the sixties, you know.
You know, the sixties doesn't just explain everything. _
_ _ _ I shot a camel.
What?
It was the sixties.
We were all doing it.
Yeah.
What do you mean?
_ [E] No, but you would have loved it.
We, we.
Yes, _ _ I would have.
You would have gone to hell with me.
[B] Yeah, yeah.
But in those days you did these sort of folk clubs
and they would say the fee,
it would be X amount of money plus accommodation.
Well, that meant the couch or the floor or something.
Right.
So we're in this guy's house and we were all drunk
and I had some hashish.
Goodness knows how it got in my pocket. _ _ _ _
Pakistani black hashish.
_ _ _ You're ducking under low bridges with this stuff.
And I got out towards the end of the night
and I said, anybody get any papers or skins,
as we used to say, us cooler guys. _
And nobody had any papers.
_ And I said, well, I saw a movie once
and it was a prison movie and they were smoking the Bible.
Apparently.
Using the paper, yeah.
If you get a page of the Bible,
you can get a reasonable cigarette paper.
So the guy who owned the house was up in his bed, drunk.
And I said, I'll go and ask him if he's got a Bible.
_ [C] _ [B] And I was kind of drunk as well.
I went into the room and I said,
you, you, he was sitting up reading, this guy, pissed.
I'll always remember it.
He was reading a book of war planes.
_ _ You know those books?
Maybe you remember them as a boy yourself.
They're long books.
How to spot war planes.
Silhouettes, [Bm] yeah.
Ah, I'm glad someone else remembers.
But that was his chosen reading.
He was sitting up [B] in bed.
Yeah, what's this trouble?
I said, you wouldn't happen to have a Bible, would you?
He says, yes, I've got a Bible.
I said, you want it?
I said, I just want a couple of pages. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ He said, yes, certainly.
Any particular pages?
I said, no, no.
He went, oh, it's a blank page.
_ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
I didn't really need you to mime out
what happened after that.
And it was revelation.
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _
Oh yeah.
And you started out as a banjo player.
Yes.
With Jerry Rafferty, who I always loved.
Oh, Jerry was lovely.
And I think we have a picture of the two of you guys.
We're in a group together.
Oh yeah.
The, what is it, the Humblebums?
We were the Humblebums, yeah.
Yeah, and.
That was in Amsterdam.
And you, and unfortunately, _ Jerry passed away.
Gee, last year, yeah.
He, well, I won't go into why he died.
It was kind of a terribly sad story, but _ he died.
And I was in the, we hadn't been together
for a long, long time.
We'd phone and stuff like that.
But I was in Australia and he was in his deathbed
and his wife called me and said,
do you want to talk to him?
And I said, yeah, sure.
She says, well, you can't, he's not really
in a sort of telephone state of mind.
She said, but you can text him.
_ And so we texted him in his deathbed
and we're gonna, and he's just anyway.
I've heard of people texting each other
and that it's a very powerful situation.
LOL, you know, it just seems like a.
I've never been in that position myself.
Yeah.
But I was trying to make him laugh, you know,
and I was reminding him of old times
and he was roaring and laughing
and we'd get carried away.
And then I just get, his wife didn't know
half the stuff I was texting about.
But we smoked the Bible once. _ _ _ _ _ _
_ You and Jerry Rafferty smoked the Bible once?
Well, it was the sixties, you know.
You know, the sixties doesn't just explain everything. _
_ _ _ I shot a camel.
What?
It was the sixties.
We were all doing it.
Yeah.
What do you mean?
_ [E] No, but you would have loved it.
We, we.
Yes, _ _ I would have.
You would have gone to hell with me.
[B] Yeah, yeah.
But in those days you did these sort of folk clubs
and they would say the fee,
it would be X amount of money plus accommodation.
Well, that meant the couch or the floor or something.
Right.
So we're in this guy's house and we were all drunk
and I had some hashish.
Goodness knows how it got in my pocket. _ _ _ _
Pakistani black hashish.
_ _ _ You're ducking under low bridges with this stuff.
And I got out towards the end of the night
and I said, anybody get any papers or skins,
as we used to say, us cooler guys. _
And nobody had any papers.
_ And I said, well, I saw a movie once
and it was a prison movie and they were smoking the Bible.
Apparently.
Using the paper, yeah.
If you get a page of the Bible,
you can get a reasonable cigarette paper.
So the guy who owned the house was up in his bed, drunk.
And I said, I'll go and ask him if he's got a Bible.
_ [C] _ [B] And I was kind of drunk as well.
I went into the room and I said,
you, you, he was sitting up reading, this guy, pissed.
I'll always remember it.
He was reading a book of war planes.
_ _ You know those books?
Maybe you remember them as a boy yourself.
They're long books.
How to spot war planes.
Silhouettes, [Bm] yeah.
Ah, I'm glad someone else remembers.
But that was his chosen reading.
He was sitting up [B] in bed.
Yeah, what's this trouble?
I said, you wouldn't happen to have a Bible, would you?
He says, yes, I've got a Bible.
I said, you want it?
I said, I just want a couple of pages. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ He said, yes, certainly.
Any particular pages?
I said, no, no.
He went, oh, it's a blank page.
_ _ _ _ [N] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
I didn't really need you to mime out
what happened after that.
And it was revelation.
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ _