Biography:
Paper Lace was a Nottingham based pop group, formed in 1969. They are known to Americans as a classic one-hit wonder; however, in the UK they were a "classic two and a half hit wonder" (Sendra, 2006). The core of the band originally formed in 1967 as Music Box, but changed their name to Paper Lace when Phil Wright joined as drummer and lead singer.
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Four years of hard work!This month of May we celebrated four years on the air. We continue working on the dissemination of this wonderful instrument, thank you for participating in our story!
Words By Peter Callander
Music by Mitch Murray
Intro :
C Cmaj7 C Cmaj7 C Cmaj7
whistling
C - Cmaj7 - Dm - G - G7 - C
riff 1:
v v v v v
----------------|----
----------------|----
----------------|----
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--------3-2-3-4-|5---
------3---------|----
Verse 1:
Dm G7
The marchin' band came down along main street,
C Cmaj7
the soldier blues fell in behind.
Dm G7
I looked across and there I saw Billy,
C Cmaj7
waiting to go and join the line,
Dm G7
and with her head upon his shoulder
Dm G7
his young and lovely fiancée.
Dm G7
From where I stood I saw she was cryin',
Dm F G7
and through her tears I heard her say :
Chorus:
C Cmaj7 Dm
Billy, don't be a hero, don't be a fool with your life !
Dm7 G7 C
Billy, don't be a hero, come back and make me your wife !
C C7 F Fm
And as Billy started to go, she said, keep your pretty head low,
C Dm G C
Billy, don't be hero, come back to me !
Verse 2:
Dm G7
The soldier blues were trapped on a hillside,
C Cmaj7
the battle raging all around,
Dm G7
the sergeant cried, “We've got to hang on boys!
C Cmaj7
We've got to hold this piece of ground !
Dm G7
I need a volunteer to ride up,
Dm G7
and bring us back some extra men.”
Dm G7
And Billy's hand was up in a moment
Dm F G7
Forgettin' all the words she said...
(orig. moves up half a note to capo 1st here)
G
She said :
Chorus:
C Cmaj7 Dm
Billy, don't be a hero, don't be a fool with your life !
Dm7 G7 C
Billy, don't be a hero, come back and make me your wife !
C C7 F Fm
And as Billy started to go, she said, keep your pretty head low,
C Dm G C
Billy, don't be hero, come back to me !
Dm G7
I heard his fiancee got a letter
C Cmaj7
That told how Billy died that day
Dm G7
The letter said that he was a hero
C Cmaj7
She should be proud he died that way
Dm G C
I heard she threw the letter away
whistling
C - Cmaj7 - Dm - Dm7 - G7 - C
and so on
Music by Mitch Murray
Intro :
C Cmaj7 C Cmaj7 C Cmaj7
whistling
C - Cmaj7 - Dm - G - G7 - C
riff 1:
v v v v v
----------------|----
----------------|----
----------------|----
----------------|----
--------3-2-3-4-|5---
------3---------|----
Verse 1:
Dm G7
The marchin' band came down along main street,
C Cmaj7
the soldier blues fell in behind.
Dm G7
I looked across and there I saw Billy,
C Cmaj7
waiting to go and join the line,
Dm G7
and with her head upon his shoulder
Dm G7
his young and lovely fiancée.
Dm G7
From where I stood I saw she was cryin',
Dm F G7
and through her tears I heard her say :
Chorus:
C Cmaj7 Dm
Billy, don't be a hero, don't be a fool with your life !
Dm7 G7 C
Billy, don't be a hero, come back and make me your wife !
C C7 F Fm
And as Billy started to go, she said, keep your pretty head low,
C Dm G C
Billy, don't be hero, come back to me !
Verse 2:
Dm G7
The soldier blues were trapped on a hillside,
C Cmaj7
the battle raging all around,
Dm G7
the sergeant cried, “We've got to hang on boys!
C Cmaj7
We've got to hold this piece of ground !
Dm G7
I need a volunteer to ride up,
Dm G7
and bring us back some extra men.”
Dm G7
And Billy's hand was up in a moment
Dm F G7
Forgettin' all the words she said...
(orig. moves up half a note to capo 1st here)
G
She said :
Chorus:
C Cmaj7 Dm
Billy, don't be a hero, don't be a fool with your life !
Dm7 G7 C
Billy, don't be a hero, come back and make me your wife !
C C7 F Fm
And as Billy started to go, she said, keep your pretty head low,
C Dm G C
Billy, don't be hero, come back to me !
Dm G7
I heard his fiancee got a letter
C Cmaj7
That told how Billy died that day
Dm G7
The letter said that he was a hero
C Cmaj7
She should be proud he died that way
Dm G C
I heard she threw the letter away
whistling
C - Cmaj7 - Dm - Dm7 - G7 - C
and so on
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