Biografia:
Billy Paul, nome artístico de Paul Williams (Filadélfia, 1 de dezembro de 1934) é um cantor estadunidense. Iniciou sua carreira com apenas 11 anos, se apresentando em shows de rádio. Realizou algumas gravações durante a década de 50, mas só despontou como vocalista de R&B na década de 70.
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[Intro]
Eb Ab Bb9/Eb Ab
[Verse]
Eb Ab7+ Bb Gm
It's a little bit funny, Lord this feeling inside
Cm Cm7 F#4/A Ab7
I'm not one of those who can easily hide
Eb Bb G/B Cm
I don't have much money but boy, if I did
Eb Fm7 Ab Bb
I'd buy a big mansion where we both could live
[Verse]
Eb Ab7+ Bb Gm
If, if I was a sculpture, Lord honey but then again, no
Cm Cm7 F#4/A Ab7
Or a man who makes potions in a travelin' show
Eb Bb G/B Cm
I know it's not much, I know it's not much, but it's the best I can do
Eb Fm7 Ab Bb
You gave a gift, Lord and I'm gon' sing it for you
[Chorus]
Bb/D Cm Ab7+ Eb/Ab
And you can tell everybody that this is your song
Bb/D Cm Ab7+ Eb/Ab
It may be quite, quite simple but that's how it's done
Cm Cm7 F#4/A Ab7
I hope you don't mind, I hope you don't mind what I wrote down in words
Fm Bb Bb Bb7
How wonderful life is... when you're in the world, world, world
[Verse]
Eb Ab7+ Bb Gm
If, if, if I was on a rooftop I'd kick off my shoes
Cm Cm7 F#4/A Ab7
I'll write a few verses and then I get the blues
Eb Bb G/B Cm
But the sun's been quite, quite kind While I wrote this song
Eb Fm7 Ab
It's for people like you and people like me
Bb
I wanna, I wanna keep turnin' on on on on
[Verse]
Eb Ab7+ Bb Gm
So excuse me forgetting, but these things I do, Lord
Cm Cm7 F#4/A Ab7
You see, you see I've forgotten if they're green or blue
Eb Bb G/B Cm
Anyway the things is, anyway the thing is, what I really mean
Eb Fm7 Ab
Your are the sweetest eyes, you've got the sweetest eyes
Bb
The clearest eyes I've ever seen, I hope you know that
[Chorus]
Bb/D Cm Ab7+ Eb/Ab
And you can tell everybody that this is your song
Bb/D Cm Ab7+ Eb/Ab
It may be quite, quite simple but that's how it's done
Cm Cm7 F#4/A Ab7
I hope you don't mind, I hope you don't mind, but I wrote down in words, Lord, words
Fm Bb Bb Bb7
I'm doin' it for how wonderful life is... when you're in the world, world, world
[Verse]
Eb Ab7+ Bb Gm
If, if, if I was on a rooftop I'd kick off my shoes
Cm Cm7 F#4/A Ab7
I'll write a few verses and then I get the blues
Eb Bb G/B Cm
But the sun's been quite, quite kind While I wrote this song
Eb Fm7 Ab
It's for people like you and people like me I wanna, I wanna keep turnin' on
Bb
So excuse so excuse me
[Chorus]
Eb Ab7+ Bb Gm
So excuse me forgetting, but these things I do
Cm Cm7 F#4/A Ab7
You see, you see I've forgotten if they're green or blue Baby
Eb Bb G/B Cm
Anyway the things is, anyway the thing is, what I really mean
Eb Fm7
Your are the sweetest eyes, you've got the sweetest eyes
Ab Bb
The sweetest eyes I've ever seen
Eb
I hoping you go back,
[Verse]
Ab7+ Bb Gm
go back and tell everybody that Billy Paul's got a song
Cm Cm7 F#4/A Ab7
I'm, I'm gonna sit upon a, a rooftop and kick off my shoes I'm
Eb Bb G/B Cm
gonna write it, write it, write it I might come out
Eb Fm7 Ab Bb
with the Gospel, the Blues, the Jazz, the Rock and Roll I'm gonna, got to
[Chorus]
Eb Ab7+ Bb Gm
got to write me a simple song for everybody because this is my song
Cm Cm7 F#4/A Ab7
It may be quite, quite simple but that's how it's done
Eb Bb G/B Cm Eb Fm7
I hope you don't mind, I hope you don't mind what I wrote down in words
Ab
You come on back, you try to try again, try again
[Outro]
Eb Ab7+ Bb Gm
Tell eeeeeverybody that Billy Paul got a song
Cm Cm7 F#4/A Ab7
It may be quite, quite simple but that's how it's done, baby
Eb Bb G/B Cm Eb Fm7
I hope you don't mind, I hope you don't mind what I wrote down in words
Ab
Hold it, hold it, hold it, hold it
Eb Ab Bb9/Eb Ab
[Verse]
Eb Ab7+ Bb Gm
It's a little bit funny, Lord this feeling inside
Cm Cm7 F#4/A Ab7
I'm not one of those who can easily hide
Eb Bb G/B Cm
I don't have much money but boy, if I did
Eb Fm7 Ab Bb
I'd buy a big mansion where we both could live
[Verse]
Eb Ab7+ Bb Gm
If, if I was a sculpture, Lord honey but then again, no
Cm Cm7 F#4/A Ab7
Or a man who makes potions in a travelin' show
Eb Bb G/B Cm
I know it's not much, I know it's not much, but it's the best I can do
Eb Fm7 Ab Bb
You gave a gift, Lord and I'm gon' sing it for you
[Chorus]
Bb/D Cm Ab7+ Eb/Ab
And you can tell everybody that this is your song
Bb/D Cm Ab7+ Eb/Ab
It may be quite, quite simple but that's how it's done
Cm Cm7 F#4/A Ab7
I hope you don't mind, I hope you don't mind what I wrote down in words
Fm Bb Bb Bb7
How wonderful life is... when you're in the world, world, world
[Verse]
Eb Ab7+ Bb Gm
If, if, if I was on a rooftop I'd kick off my shoes
Cm Cm7 F#4/A Ab7
I'll write a few verses and then I get the blues
Eb Bb G/B Cm
But the sun's been quite, quite kind While I wrote this song
Eb Fm7 Ab
It's for people like you and people like me
Bb
I wanna, I wanna keep turnin' on on on on
[Verse]
Eb Ab7+ Bb Gm
So excuse me forgetting, but these things I do, Lord
Cm Cm7 F#4/A Ab7
You see, you see I've forgotten if they're green or blue
Eb Bb G/B Cm
Anyway the things is, anyway the thing is, what I really mean
Eb Fm7 Ab
Your are the sweetest eyes, you've got the sweetest eyes
Bb
The clearest eyes I've ever seen, I hope you know that
[Chorus]
Bb/D Cm Ab7+ Eb/Ab
And you can tell everybody that this is your song
Bb/D Cm Ab7+ Eb/Ab
It may be quite, quite simple but that's how it's done
Cm Cm7 F#4/A Ab7
I hope you don't mind, I hope you don't mind, but I wrote down in words, Lord, words
Fm Bb Bb Bb7
I'm doin' it for how wonderful life is... when you're in the world, world, world
[Verse]
Eb Ab7+ Bb Gm
If, if, if I was on a rooftop I'd kick off my shoes
Cm Cm7 F#4/A Ab7
I'll write a few verses and then I get the blues
Eb Bb G/B Cm
But the sun's been quite, quite kind While I wrote this song
Eb Fm7 Ab
It's for people like you and people like me I wanna, I wanna keep turnin' on
Bb
So excuse so excuse me
[Chorus]
Eb Ab7+ Bb Gm
So excuse me forgetting, but these things I do
Cm Cm7 F#4/A Ab7
You see, you see I've forgotten if they're green or blue Baby
Eb Bb G/B Cm
Anyway the things is, anyway the thing is, what I really mean
Eb Fm7
Your are the sweetest eyes, you've got the sweetest eyes
Ab Bb
The sweetest eyes I've ever seen
Eb
I hoping you go back,
[Verse]
Ab7+ Bb Gm
go back and tell everybody that Billy Paul's got a song
Cm Cm7 F#4/A Ab7
I'm, I'm gonna sit upon a, a rooftop and kick off my shoes I'm
Eb Bb G/B Cm
gonna write it, write it, write it I might come out
Eb Fm7 Ab Bb
with the Gospel, the Blues, the Jazz, the Rock and Roll I'm gonna, got to
[Chorus]
Eb Ab7+ Bb Gm
got to write me a simple song for everybody because this is my song
Cm Cm7 F#4/A Ab7
It may be quite, quite simple but that's how it's done
Eb Bb G/B Cm Eb Fm7
I hope you don't mind, I hope you don't mind what I wrote down in words
Ab
You come on back, you try to try again, try again
[Outro]
Eb Ab7+ Bb Gm
Tell eeeeeverybody that Billy Paul got a song
Cm Cm7 F#4/A Ab7
It may be quite, quite simple but that's how it's done, baby
Eb Bb G/B Cm Eb Fm7
I hope you don't mind, I hope you don't mind what I wrote down in words
Ab
Hold it, hold it, hold it, hold it
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