Em
   His family taught him right from wrong
      
 

   With local tales and children's songs

   Am
   Sunday school was his shelter

   D
   With his friends Joe and Walter 

   Em
   Now those days seem far away


   An empty swing where he once played

   Am
   Now Bill's grown so fat and bold

    D
   He never thought that he'd grow old 

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   -ESTRIBILLO(CHORUS)

    G                   C        D
   And everyday when he gets the train

   G                        C         D
   Looks out the window and thinks in vain

   C          D            Em(aqui la otra guitarra toca la intro)(here the
   If I could only be that boy again         | other guitar plays the intro)
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   Em
   His sales job it gets him down


   Same old faces, same old sounds

   Am
   Heart attacks, orthopaedic backs

   D
   Documents and labelled racks 

   Em
   His wife can't stand the sight of him


   With his routine glass of gin

   Am
   She makes his lunch of processed ham

      D
   And waits in for the meter man 

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  ESTRIBILLO(CHORUS):

   
   G                    C        D
   And everyday when he gets the train

   G                        C         D
   Looks out the window and thinks in vain

 C            D            Em(otra vez la intro la otra guitar)(the other
   If I could only be that boy again             | guitar the intro again)
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      Am C     D       Em(la otra guitarra el punteo del intro)(the other
   If he could be that boy again     | guitar plays the riff of the intro)
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   Em
   Another day, another gin

 
   His kids don't even notice him
 

   Am
   Something different about his face

   D
   His happy smile seems out of place 

   Em
   His family gathered round for tea


   Eyes fixed on their new telly

   C
   A news flash came, then it said

   D
   Bill McCai was just found dead 
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   ESTRIBILLO(CHORUS):

  
   G                C       D
   No more windows, no more trains

   G                C      D
   Hung himself out in the rain
 
   C         D             Em(la otra guitarra la intro)(the other guitar
   Now he'll never be that boy again               | plays the intro again) 
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   And we say...

   Am  C   D      Em(la otra guitarra la intro)(the other guitar plays the
   Bye bye Bill McCai                                       | intro again)
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   Am  C   D      Em(la otra guitarra la intro)(the other guitar plays the
   Bye bye Bill McCai                                       | intro again)
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   Am  C   D      Em
   Bye bye Bill McCai