Smiling Bill Mccall Chords by Johnny Cash
Tempo:
109.9 bpm
Chords used:
C#
G#
F#
D#
Gm
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[C#]
Well, the whole town listened to the radio [G#] for the Smiling Bill Fall Show.
Everyone in
Nashville [F#] was listening [C#] to Bill.
I don't want to be laying in bed when they pronounce me
dead.
He'd stand and breathe in the microphone [G#] with his guitar hanging to his knee bone.
All the girls would sit and [F#] dream when Bill [C#] began his theme.
I don't want my hat to be
hung when my last song's sung.
But he never let fame go to [D#] his head.
Just the [G#] Smiling
Bill McCall, he said, gonna pick and sing a song or [F#] two.
Y'all listen, [C#] tell them through.
And if you're at the house or in the car, tune in.
It's time tomorrow.
To all the boys,
he was a big hero [G#] that blew their ears to the radio.
Then talk in a most unusual [F#] brawl,
imitating [C#] Bill McCall.
Betty, can I get me a guitar, cause I want to be a star.
The girls
would say, Bill [Gm] McCall, I bet he's [G#] over six feet tall.
Answer, Miss Manning Nashville.
[F#] They said of [C#] Smiling Bill, he won't be planting potato slips when he catches in his chips.
Then one day Bill didn't make the show, [G#] didn't even show up for a week or so.
The station's
boss said to City Hall, [F#] find Smiling [C#] Bill McCall.
It won't be hard to track him down.
He's got the biggest feet in town.
Well, there's a creek that [C#] runs through Nashville.
[G#] On the
bank they found Smiling Bill.
He was committing suicide, but [F#] they grabbed him before [C#] he tried.
Burned me loose, I'm gonna jump, he screamed, cause I can't stand that theme.
Let this be
my final breath, cause I'm scared to half to death.
The big brave Smiling Bill McCall
is only four feet tall.
I'd rather be in the river bed than to hear him laughing at my bald head.
Well, the whole town listened to the radio [G#] for the Smiling Bill Fall Show.
Everyone in
Nashville [F#] was listening [C#] to Bill.
I don't want to be laying in bed when they pronounce me
dead.
He'd stand and breathe in the microphone [G#] with his guitar hanging to his knee bone.
All the girls would sit and [F#] dream when Bill [C#] began his theme.
I don't want my hat to be
hung when my last song's sung.
But he never let fame go to [D#] his head.
Just the [G#] Smiling
Bill McCall, he said, gonna pick and sing a song or [F#] two.
Y'all listen, [C#] tell them through.
And if you're at the house or in the car, tune in.
It's time tomorrow.
To all the boys,
he was a big hero [G#] that blew their ears to the radio.
Then talk in a most unusual [F#] brawl,
imitating [C#] Bill McCall.
Betty, can I get me a guitar, cause I want to be a star.
The girls
would say, Bill [Gm] McCall, I bet he's [G#] over six feet tall.
Answer, Miss Manning Nashville.
[F#] They said of [C#] Smiling Bill, he won't be planting potato slips when he catches in his chips.
Then one day Bill didn't make the show, [G#] didn't even show up for a week or so.
The station's
boss said to City Hall, [F#] find Smiling [C#] Bill McCall.
It won't be hard to track him down.
He's got the biggest feet in town.
Well, there's a creek that [C#] runs through Nashville.
[G#] On the
bank they found Smiling Bill.
He was committing suicide, but [F#] they grabbed him before [C#] he tried.
Burned me loose, I'm gonna jump, he screamed, cause I can't stand that theme.
Let this be
my final breath, cause I'm scared to half to death.
The big brave Smiling Bill McCall
is only four feet tall.
I'd rather be in the river bed than to hear him laughing at my bald head.
Key:
C#
G#
F#
D#
Gm
C#
G#
F#
_ _ [C#] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Well, the whole town listened to the radio [G#] for the Smiling Bill Fall Show.
Everyone in
Nashville [F#] was listening [C#] to Bill.
I don't want to be laying in bed when they pronounce me
dead.
_ He'd stand and breathe in the microphone [G#] with his guitar hanging to his knee bone.
All the girls would sit and [F#] dream when Bill [C#] began his theme.
I don't want my hat to be
hung when my last song's sung. _
But he never let fame go to [D#] his head.
Just the [G#] Smiling
Bill McCall, he said, gonna pick and sing a song or [F#] two.
Y'all listen, [C#] tell them through.
And if you're at the house or in the car, tune in.
It's time tomorrow.
_ To all the boys,
he was a big hero [G#] that blew their ears to the radio.
Then talk in a most unusual [F#] brawl,
imitating [C#] Bill McCall.
Betty, can I get me a guitar, cause I want to be a star.
_ The girls
would say, Bill [Gm] McCall, I bet he's [G#] over six feet tall.
Answer, Miss Manning Nashville.
[F#] They said of [C#] Smiling Bill, he won't be planting potato slips when he catches in his chips. _ _
Then one day Bill didn't make the show, [G#] didn't even show up for a week or so.
The station's
boss said to City Hall, [F#] find Smiling [C#] Bill McCall.
It won't be hard to track him down.
He's got the biggest feet in town.
_ Well, there's a creek that [C#] runs through Nashville.
[G#] On the
bank they found Smiling Bill.
He was committing suicide, but [F#] they grabbed him before [C#] he tried.
Burned me loose, I'm gonna jump, he screamed, cause I can't stand that theme.
Let this be
my final breath, cause I'm scared to half to death.
The big brave Smiling Bill McCall
is only four feet tall.
I'd rather be in the river bed than to hear him laughing at my bald head. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Well, the whole town listened to the radio [G#] for the Smiling Bill Fall Show.
Everyone in
Nashville [F#] was listening [C#] to Bill.
I don't want to be laying in bed when they pronounce me
dead.
_ He'd stand and breathe in the microphone [G#] with his guitar hanging to his knee bone.
All the girls would sit and [F#] dream when Bill [C#] began his theme.
I don't want my hat to be
hung when my last song's sung. _
But he never let fame go to [D#] his head.
Just the [G#] Smiling
Bill McCall, he said, gonna pick and sing a song or [F#] two.
Y'all listen, [C#] tell them through.
And if you're at the house or in the car, tune in.
It's time tomorrow.
_ To all the boys,
he was a big hero [G#] that blew their ears to the radio.
Then talk in a most unusual [F#] brawl,
imitating [C#] Bill McCall.
Betty, can I get me a guitar, cause I want to be a star.
_ The girls
would say, Bill [Gm] McCall, I bet he's [G#] over six feet tall.
Answer, Miss Manning Nashville.
[F#] They said of [C#] Smiling Bill, he won't be planting potato slips when he catches in his chips. _ _
Then one day Bill didn't make the show, [G#] didn't even show up for a week or so.
The station's
boss said to City Hall, [F#] find Smiling [C#] Bill McCall.
It won't be hard to track him down.
He's got the biggest feet in town.
_ Well, there's a creek that [C#] runs through Nashville.
[G#] On the
bank they found Smiling Bill.
He was committing suicide, but [F#] they grabbed him before [C#] he tried.
Burned me loose, I'm gonna jump, he screamed, cause I can't stand that theme.
Let this be
my final breath, cause I'm scared to half to death.
The big brave Smiling Bill McCall
is only four feet tall.
I'd rather be in the river bed than to hear him laughing at my bald head. _ _ _
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