Billy Bayou chords by George Morgan

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Verse 1
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Billy  (C major) about  (G major)  (C major) 1800  (A minor)  (C major) and some
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A Louisiana couple had a  (G major) redheaded son
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 (C major) No name  (A minor) suited  (C major) him, Jim,  (A minor) Jack, or Joe
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They  (C major) just called him  (G major) Billy Bios
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 (C major) Billy  (F major) Billy Bios,  (C major) watch where you go
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You're  (G major) walking on quicksand,  (C major) walk slow
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Oh,  (F major) Billy, Billy, bye -o,  (C major) watch what you say
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A  (G major) pretty girl'll get you one  (C major) 
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of these days  (G major) 
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 (C major) Now, Bill was a boy kind of big for his size
Red hair and freckles and
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 (G major) big blue eye (C major) s
Thirteen years from the day he was born
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Bill fought the battle of the  (G major) little bighorn
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 (C major) Bil (F major) lie, Billie, bye -o,
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 (C major) watch where you go
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You're  (G major) walking on quicksand,  (C major) walk slow
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Bil (F major) lie, Billie, bye -o,  (C major) watch what you say
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A  (G major) pretty girl'll get you  (C major) one
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of these days  (A minor)  (C major)  (A minor)  (C major)  (G major) 
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 (C major) One sad day, Billie cried, ho -ho
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I can whip the feathers off a  (G major) G -rod and bow
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 (C major) He smarted off and the chief got mad,
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 (A minor) And  (C major) this nearly ended our  (G major) Louisiana  (C major) lad.
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 (F major) Billy, Billy, Bio,  (C major) watch where you go,
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You're  (G major) walking on quicksand,
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 (C major) walk slow.
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 (F major) Billy, Billy, Bio,  (C major) what would you say,
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A  (G major) pretty girl'll get you one  (C major) of these days.  (G major) 
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 (C major) One day in 1878,
a pretty girl walked
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through Bill's  (G major) front gate.
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 (C major) He didn't know whether
to stand there or run.
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He wound  (A minor) up  mar (C major) ried,
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cause he  (G major) did neither one.  (C major) 
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 (F major) Billy, Billy, Bio,  (C major) watch where you go.
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You're  (G major) walking on quicksand,  (C major) walk slow.
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Oh,  (F major) Billy, Billy
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Boy, oh,  (C major) watch what you say,
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A  (G major) pretty girl'll get you one  (C major) of these days,
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A  (G major) pretty girl'll get you one of  (C major) these days.