Big Bad Bill (Is Sweet William Now) chords by Ry Cooder

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Intro 1

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Verse 1

In the town of Louisville

They got a man they call Big Bad Bill

I want to tell you, he sure was tough

And he cer tainly did strut his stuff

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Verse 2

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He had folks all scared to death

When he walked by they all

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held their breath

He was a fighting man,

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sure enough

Now Bill got himself a wife and

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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some how
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Well, he's the man the
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town used to fear
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But now the people call him
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sweet papa Willie dear
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Stronger than Samson I declare
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'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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Well, he used to spend his evenings
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lookin' for a fight
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Now he gotta see his mama every night
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Big Bad Bill is Sweet William now

Interlude 1
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Well, he