Ballad Of Billie Sol
Ballad Of Billie Sol

Ballad Of Billie Sol easy guitar chords by Phil Ochs

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    • Intro 1




    Verse 1
    Billie 
    Sol 
    was 
    a man 

    From 
    the gi
    ant 
    Texas 
    land 

    He 
    put 
    the Chamber 
    of 

    Commerce 
    on 
    a limb 

    They 
    voted 
    him 
    the best 

    And 
    the gov
    ernment 
    did 
    no 
    less 

    'Til 
    the 
    I.O.U.'s of 
    Texas 
    fell on 
    him 

    Verse 2
    Stand 
    tall, 
    Billie 
    Sol, 

    we 
    don't 
    know 
    you 
    at 
    all 

    We've 
    taken 
    down 
    your 

    pictures 
    from 
    the wall 

    Well, 
    we 
    don't 
    want 
    to handle 

    an ag
    riculture 
    scandal 

    We 
    have 
    got 
    to face 
    elections 
    in 
    the fall 

    Verse 3

    Oh, 
    I 
    remember 
    when 

    Bill 
    had 
    influential 
    friends 

    He 
    celebrated 
    Christmas 
    every 
    day 

    He filled 
    several 
    Texas 
    banks 

    with his 
    fertilizer 
    tanks 

    Influential 
    friends 
    don't 
    die, 

    they 
    only 
    fade 
    away 

    Verse 4
    Stand 
    tall, 
    Billie 
    Sol, 

    we 
    don't 
    know 
    you 
    at 
    all 

    We've 
    taken 
    down 
    your 

    pictures 
    from 
    the wall 

    Well, 
    we 
    don't 
    want 
    to handle 

    an ag
    riculture 
    scandal 

    We 
    have 
    got 
    to face 
    elec
    tions 
    in 
    the fall 

    Verse 5

    The 
    Democrats 
    deny 

    And 
    Orville 
    Freeman 
    sighs 

    He 
    said, 
    "Everyone 
    around 

    was 
    fair 
    and 
    square" 

    But 
    he was 
    no more 
    convincing 

    Than 
    Ezra 
    Taft 
    Benson 

    As 
    resigna
    tions 
    cropped 

    up 
    every
    where 

    Stand 
    tall, 
    Billie 
    Sol, 
    Verse 6

    we 
    don't 
    know 
    you 
    at 
    all 

    We've 
    taken 
    down 
    your 

    pictures 
    from 
    the wall 

    Well, 
    we 
    don't 
    want 
    to handle 

    an ag
    riculture 
    scandal 

    We 
    have 
    got 
    to face 
    elec
    tions 
    in 
    the fall 

    Verse 7
    And 
    now 
    I'd like 
    to 
    say 

    That 
    crime 
    sure 
    doesn't 
    pay 

    But 
    if 
    you 
    want 
    to make 

    some 
    money 
    on 
    the sly 

    Well 
    you 
    can 
    always 
    rent 

    The US 
    Government 

    It's 
    the be
    st 
    one 
    that 
    money 
    can 
    buy 

    Verse 8
    Stand 
    tall, 
    Billie 
    Sol, 

    we 
    don't 
    know 
    you 
    at 
    all 

    We've 
    take 
    down 
    your 

    pictures 
    from 
    the 
    wall 

    Well, 
    we 
    don't 
    want 
    to handle 

    an ag
    riculture 
    scandal 

    We 
    have 
    got 
    to face 
    elections 
    in 
    the fall 

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