Dont Mess With Bill(Chords)

	        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.
	        

Written by Smokey Robinson