Ballad Of Billie Sol chords by
Phil Ochs

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Key: G major•

Intro 1

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Verse 1

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Billie Sol was a man

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From the gi ant Texas land

He put the Chamber of

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Commerce on a limb

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They voted him the best

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And the gov ernment did no less

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

Verse 2

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Stand tall, Billie Sol,

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we don't know you at all

We've taken down your

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pictures from the wall

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Well, we don't want to handle

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an ag riculture scandal

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We have got to face elections in the fall

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Verse 3

Oh, I remember when

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Bill had influential friends

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He celebrated Christmas every day

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He filled several Texas banks

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with his fertilizer tanks

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Influential friends don't die,

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they only fade away

Verse 4

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Stand tall, Billie Sol,

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we don't know you at all

We've taken down your

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pictures from the wall

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Well, we don't want to handle

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an ag riculture scandal

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We have got to face elec tions in the fall

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Verse 5

The Democrats deny

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And Orville Freeman sighs

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He said, "Everyone around

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was fair and square"

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But he was no more convincing

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Than Ezra Taft Benson

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As resigna tions cropped

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up every where

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Stand tall, Billie Sol,

Verse 6

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we don't know you at all

We've taken down your

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pictures from the wall

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Well, we don't want to handle

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an ag riculture scandal

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We have got to face elec tions in the fall

Verse 7

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And now I'd like to say

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That crime sure doesn't pay

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But if you want to make

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some money on the sly

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Well you can always rent

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The US Government

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It's the be st one that money can buy

Verse 8

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Stand tall, Billie Sol,

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we don't know you at all

We've take down your

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pictures from the wall

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Well, we don't want to handle

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an ag riculture scandal

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We have got to face elections in the fall

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