Don't Mess With Bill:Marvelettes.
#3 on R&B and #7 on BB Hot 100 on
MOTOWN Records in 1966.
Intro: D G (x2)
D G D
Don't mess with Bill..(no-no-no-no)..don't mess
G
with Bill.
D G D
(Don't mess with Bill)..say it one more time..
D G
(Don't mess with Bill)..
#1.
G F#m Em
Now, I know he's a guy who put tears in my eyes,
F#m Em
a thousand times or more.
Em F#m Em F#m
Oh, but every time he would apologize..I loved him
Em
more than before.
Em F#m Em F#m D
Hear what I say, girls, keep away, uh-huh-huh..
D G D G
don't mess with Bill..(no-no-no-no)..don't mess with Bill..
D
leave my Billy alone.
D G D
(Don't mess with Bill)..get a guy of your own..
D G
(Don't mess with Bill)..
#2.
G F#m Em
Now, there's Johnny, there's Joe and there's Frank and Jim..
F#m Em
just to name a few.
Em F#m Em F#m
Now, Bill's got me and I've got him..I'm sure there's one
Em
for you.
Em F#m Em F#m D
Hear what I say, girls, keep away, uh-huh-huh..
D G D G
don't mess with Bill..(no-no-no-no)..don't mess with Bill..
D
he's mine all mine.
D G D
(Don't mess with Bill) I say it one more time..
D G
(Don't mess with Bill)..oh yeah!!
(INTERLUDE:) D G (x3) E A
#3.
F#m Em F#m
Though I tell myself he wants no one else cause he keeps
Em
coming back to me.
Em F#m Em F#m
Now, I'm in no position to want competition..I want to be
Em
sure as can be.
Em F#m Em F#m D
Hear what I say, girls, keep away, uh-huh-huh..
D G D G
don't mess with Bill..(no-no-no-no)..don't mess with Bill..
D
leave my Billy alone.
D G D
(Don't mess with Bill)..get a guy of your own..
D G D
(Don't mess with Bill)..cause he's mine all mine.
D G D
(Don't mess with Bill) I say it one more time..
OUTRO:
D G D
(Don't mess with Bill)..hey-yeah-yeah-yeah!!
D G D
(Don't mess with Bill)..hey-yeah-yeah-yeah!!
D G D
(Don't mess with Bill)..leave my man alone!!(Fade.)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.