Tom: A
[Intro] Eb Ab Bb9/Eb Ab
Eb Ab7+
It's a little bit funnyyyyyy, Lord
Bb/D Gm
This feeling insiiiiide
Cm Cm7/Bb
I'm not one of those whoooooooo
Cm6/A Ab7
Can easily hiiiiiide
Eb/Bb Eb
I don't have much moneeeey but
B° Cm
Boy, if I did
Eb Fm7
I'd buy a big mansion
Ab Bb
Where we both could liiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiive
Eb Ab7+
If, if I was a sculpture, Lord honey
Bb/D Gm
But then again, no
Cm Cm7/Bb
Or a man who makes pooootions
Cm6/A Ab7
In a travelin' show
Eb/Bb Bb B° Cm
I know it's not much, I know it's not much, but it's the best I can do
Eb Fm7
You gave ME a gift, Lord
Ab Eb
And I'm gon' sing it for you
Bb Cm
And you can tell everybooooooooody
Fm Eb/Ab
That this is your song
Bb/D Cm
It may be quite, quite simple but that's
Ab7+ Eb/Ab
How it's done
Cm Cm7 A° Ab7
I hope you don't mind, I hope you don't mind what I wrote down in woooooooords
Fm
Hoooow wonderful life iiiiiiiis
Bb Bb Bb7
When you're in the world, woooorld, wooooooooooooooooooorld
Eb Ab7+
If, if, if I was on a rooftop
Bb Gm
I'd kick off my shoes
Cm Cm7
I'll write a few veeeeeeeerses
A° Ab7
And then I get the bluuuuuuuues
Eb Bb
But the sun's been quite, quite kind
G/B Cm
While I wrote this soooong
Eb Fm7 Ab
It's for people like you and people like me
Bb
I wanna, I wanna keep turnin' on on on on
Eb Ab7+
So excuse me forgetting, but
Bb Gm
These things I do, Lord
Cm Cm7
You see, you see I've forgotten
A° Ab7
If they're green or bluuuuuuuue
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
Bb/D Cm
I hope you, I hope you wrote back and tell everybody
Ab7+ Eb/Ab
That this is your song
Bb/D Cm
It may be quite, quite simple but
Ab7+ Eb/Ab
Now that's how it's done
Cm Cm7 A° Ab7
I hope you don't mind, I hope you don't mind, but I wrote down in words, Looooord, words
Fm
I'm doin' it for how wonderful life iiiiiiiiiiiiiis
Bb Bb Bb7
When you're in the world, woooorld, wooooooooooooooooooorld
Eb Ab7+
If, if, if I was on a rooftop
Bb Gm
I'd kick off my shoooes
Cm Cm7
I'll write a few veeeeeeeerses
A° Ab7
And then I get the bluuuuuuuues
Eb Bb
But the sun's been quite, quite kind
G/B Cm
While I wrote this soooong
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
Eb Ab7+
So excuse me forgetting, but
Bb Gm
These things I dooooooo
Cm Cm7
You see, you see I've forgotten
A° Ab7
If they're green or bluuuuuuuue 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 seeeeeeeen
Eb Ab7+
I hoping you go back, go back and tell everybody
Bb Gm
That Billy Paul's got a song
Cm Cm7 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
Eb Ab7+ Bb Gm
Got to write me a simple song for everybody because this is my song
Cm Cm7 A° Ab7
It may be quite, quite simple but that's how it's dooooooooone
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
Eb Ab7+ Bb Gm
Tell eeeeeverybody that Billy Paul got a song
Cm Cm7 A° Ab7
It may be quite, quite simple but that's how it's dooooooooone, 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 woooooooooords
Ab
Hold it, hold it, hold it, hold it
