Ballad Of Billie Sol chords by Phil Ochs
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Intro 1
(G major) (C major) (G major)
(D major) (G major) (C major) (G major) (D major)
(G major)
Verse 1
Billie Sol was a man (G major)
From the gi (C major) ant Texas (G major) land
He put the Chamber of
Commerce (D major) on a limb
They (G major) voted him the best
And the gov (C major) ernment did no (G major) less
'Til the I.O.U.'s of (D major) Texas fell on (G major) him
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Verse 2
Stand (C major) tall, Billie Sol,
we don't (G major) know you at all
We've taken down your
pictures (D major) from the wall
Well, (G major) we don't want to handle
an ag (C major) riculture scandal
We have (G major) got to face (D major) elections in the fall
(G major)
Verse 3
Oh, I remember when
Bill had (C major) influential (G major) friends
He celebrated Christmas every (D major) day
He filled (G major) several Texas banks
with his (C major) fertilizer tanks
Influential (G major) friends don't die,
they (D major) only fade away (G major)
Verse 4
Stand (C major) tall, Billie Sol,
we don't (G major) know you at all
We've taken down your
pictures (D major) from the wall
Well, (G major) we don't want to handle
an ag (C major) riculture scandal
We have (G major) got to face elec (D major) tions in the fall
(G major)
Verse 5
The Democrats deny
And (C major) Orville Freeman sighs
He said, (G major) "Everyone around
was fair and (D major) square"
But he was (G major) no more convincing
Than (C major) Ezra Taft Benson
As (G major) resigna (D major) tions cropped
up everywhere (G major)
Stand (C major) tall, Billie Sol,
Verse 6
(C major)
we don't (G major) know you at all
We've taken down your
pictures (D major) from the wall
Well, (G major) we don't want to handle
an ag (C major) riculture scandal
We have (G major) got to face elec (D major) tions in the fall (G major)
Verse 7
And (G major) now I'd like to say
That (C major) crime sure doesn't pay
But if you (G major) want to make
some money on the sly (D major)
Well (G major) you can always rent
The US (C major) Government
It's the be (G major) st one that (D major) money can (G major) buy
Verse 8
Stand (C major) tall, Billie Sol,
we don't (G major) know you at all
We've take down your
pictures (D major) from the wall
Well, (G major) we don't want to handle
an ag (C major) riculture scandal
We have (G major) got to face (D major) elections in the fall (G major)
Ballad Of Billie Sol
Phil Ochs
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