Billy Elliot

The Letter Chords

        C              G/B
I must seem a distant memory
          Am        F/A
Which is probably a good thing
        C                    G            Am      F       G
And it will have been a long, long time
        C                       G/B
And I will have missed you growing,
     Am                    F
And I'll have missed you crying
C               G          C       F/C    C
And I'll have missed you laugh.
E7                              Am
Missed your stamping and your shouting,
E7/B                          Am
I'll have missed telling you off,
            Dm7
But please Billy,
               E7
Know that I was  always there.
        F                    G
I was with you through everything.
      C
And please, Billy...
      C
But please, Billy
G/B
know that I will always be
C               G   Am      F       G
Proud to have known you
C                    G/B
Proud that you were mine
Am                F
Proud in everything
              C/G          E7/G#        Am
And you must promise me this, Billy
   E7/B           Am
In everything you do
E7/B          Am/C   F
Always be yourself, Billy
          C     G/B  Am      F
And you always will be true
     C                     G
And I'll have missed you growing, 
Am/G                    F/G
I'll have missed you crying 
C/G           Em/G    G   C/G    F/G    C
And I'll have missed you laugh.
E/G#                            Am        E/G#    Asus/G    Am6/F#
Missed your stamping and your shouting,
E/G#                       Am    
I have missed telling you off,
             Dm7
But please, Billy,
               E7
know that I was always there.
       F                    G  Gsus  G
I was with you through everything.
      C 
And please, Billy,
G/B      Am             F
Know that I will always be.
C/G          Em/G  G   Am
Proud to have known   you.
            F
Love you forever.
            F
Love you forever.
 C
Mam