Key: E major•
Intro 1
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Am
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Verse 1
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G#
In the town of Louisville
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They got a man they call Big Bad Bill
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E
I want to tell you, he sure was tough
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And he cer tainly did strut his stuff
Verse 2
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He had folks all scared to death
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held their breath
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He was a fighting man,
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sure enough
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Now Bill got himself a wife and
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he leads a different life
Verse 3
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'Cause Big Bad Bill is Sweet
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William now
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Married life has changed him
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Well, he's the man the
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But now the people call him
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sweet papa Willie dear
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Stronger than Sam son I declare
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Baug
'Til the brown skinned woman
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bobbed his hair
Verse 4
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Big Bad Bill don't fight anymore
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Well,
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he wash his dishes and he might swob the floor
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Now he gotta see his mama every night
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C#
Big Bad Bill is Sweet William now
Interlude 1
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Baug
Em
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Verse 5
used to spend his
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Now he gotta see his mama every night
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Big Bad Bill is Sweet Willi
Outro 1
am now
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Em
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