Billy Bayou chords by Jim Reeves
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Verse 1
(D major) (A major) (D major) Back about eighteen
hundred and some
A Louisiana couple had a (A major) red-headed son
son (D major)
No name suited him, Jim, Jack or Joe
They just called him Billy Bayou
Verse 2
Billy, (G major) Billy Bayou, (D major) watch where you go
If you're (A major) walkin' on quicksand, (D major)
walk slow
Billy, (G major) Billy Bayou, (D major) watch what you say
A pretty (A major) girl'll get you (D major) one
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Verse 3
of these days
(A major) (D major)
Billy was a boy, kinda big for his size
Red hair and freckles and
big blue eyes
Thirteen years from the day he was born
Billy fought the battle of the little (A major) big (D major) horn
Verse 4
Billy, (G major) Billy Bayou, (D major) watch where you go
If you're (A major) walkin' on quicksand,
(D major) walk slow
Billy, (G major) Billy Bayou, (D major) watch what you say
A (A major) pretty girl'll get you (D major) one
Verse 5
of these days
(A major) (D major)
One sad day Billy cried ho ho
I can lick the feathers off of (A major) gee-ron-imo
He He (D major) He started off, the chief got mad
This nearly ended our Louisi (A major) ana (D major) lad
Verse 6
Billy, (G major) Billy Bayou, (D major) watch where you go
If you're (A major) walkin' on quicksand,
walk (D major) slow
Billy, (G major) Billy Bayou, (D major) watch what you say
A (A major) pretty girl'll get you one
of (D major) these days
Verse 7
(A major) (D major)
One day in eighteen seventy-eight
A A pretty girl walked
through Bill's (A major) front (D major) gate
He didn't know whether
to stand there, or run
He wound up married 'cause
he (A major) didn't either (D major) one
Verse 8
Billy, (G major) Billy Bayou,
(D major) watch where you go
If you're (A major) walkin' on quicksand, (D major)
walk slow
Billy, (G major) Billy Bayou, (D major) watch what you say
A (A major) pretty girl'll get you (D major) one of these days
Verse 9
A (A major) pretty girl'll get you (D major) one of these days
(A major)
Billy Bayou
Jim Reeves
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