Billy Boy chords by
Joe Ely

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Key: A minor

Verse 1
Bm Bm 
 
D D 
 
What did you see at the fair little Billy
A A 
 
Bm Bm 
 
were there pretty girls there my billy
G G 
 
Maybe it was the colors
D D 
 
and  the lights all ablaze
G G 
 
D D 
 
Maybe it was face with a candy
apple glaze
G G 
 
D D 
 
The motorcycle girl put a spell on me
G G 
 
the fortune teller said she
D D 
 
d tell on me
G G 
 
everything was spinning' and
D D 
 
it carried me away
A A 
 
To a place for a while I thought
G G 
 
I  wanted to stay
Bm Bm 
 

Verse 2
Bm Bm 
 
What took you so long
D D 
 
A A 
 
to get home Billy?
Did you stay did you stay till you
Bm Bm 
 
were there all alone
G G 
 
Yeah I stayed till the lights
D D 
 
began to grow dim
G G 
 
My friends had all left,
D D 
 
I couldn't find them
Bm Bm 
 
I didn't mind at this time
A A 
 
cause I didn't think
G G 
 
Bm Bm 
 
that the rides would stop and the lights
would quit blinking
or the booths where the men who
A A 
 
talked through their noses

Verse 3
G G 
 
Would seal them selves tight , like a
Bm Bm 
 
rose when it closes
I didn't think that the color
A A 
 
that was all air
G G 
 
could disappear so fast and leave
Bm Bm 
 
nothing there
I never dreamed that the music
A A 
 
of the calliope
G G 
 
could change to the noise of of
Bm Bm 
 
men takin the street
A A 
 
It all turned so strange , it all went so quick
G G 
 
The only friend left was the
Bm Bm 
 
sound of a cricket
A A 
 
With my fantasy gone it all seems so real
G G 
 
I was left there to feel , what
Bm Bm 
 
I didn't want to feel
No one wants to see when it
A A 
 
comes to the end
G G 
 
Bm Bm 
 
The still ferris wheel when it quits spinning

Verse 4
Bm Bm 
 
no one wants to hear
A A 
 
the sound is too intense
G G 
 
When the midway doses and leaves
F# F# 
 
nothing but silence
G G 
 
D D 
 
G G 
 
D D 
 
When your soul goes swirling and the worlds in a
Bm Bm 
 
A A 
 
G G 
 
spinYourheart will never be the same
Bm Bm 
 

Verse 5
Thats when I got scared And
A A 
 
thought I was lost
G G 
 
Bm Bm 
 
Thats when I heard the sword
swallowercough
A A 
 
I listened like a rabbit and stopped
in a freeze
G G 
 
That's when I heard a
Bm Bm 
 
fat man sneeze
There was a light in a trailer
A A 
 
I crept to the door
G G 
 
And I pressed my ear close
Bm Bm 
 
and I tried to hear more
I heard many voices but
A A 
 
they weren't the kind
G G 
 
That I'd heard in my life
Bm Bm 
 
or any other time
at the back of my coat there
A A 
 
blew a cold wind
G G 
 
That's when the Siamese
Bm Bm 
 
twins took me in
A A 
 
the people inside I couldn't believe
G G 
 
They weren't like the kind
Bm Bm 
 
that you see in the street
They brushed off my hat
A A 
 
and dusted my coat
G G 
 
And offered me milk that
Bm Bm 
 
came from a goat
A A 
 
I liked em at once , They treated me good
G G 
 
So I told em my story like I
F# F# 
 
thought I should

Verse 6

When your soul is a stirring'

and the world is in a spin

Your heart can never be the same again

Verse 7
I told em how different that
A A 
 
the midway feels
G G 
 
Bm Bm 
 
When the lights go out on the ferris wheel
and I said to him how you must
A A 
 
feel all alone
G G 
 
Bm Bm 
 
when the music quits to call it your home

Verse 8
Bm Bm 
 
A A 
 
The tattooed man looked at me in the face
G G 
 
And said we couldn't feel
Bm Bm 
 
right in any other place
A A 
 
We will be here til the day we die
G G 
 
when I understand I had a
Bm Bm 
 
tear in my eye
I knew this was true
A A 
 
and though it seemed lonely
G G 
 
Bm Bm 
 
It was made for them and them only
A A 
 
I left them there holding bak the tears
G G 
 
And told them I had hoped that I'd
Bm Bm 
 
see them next year
They laughed and said you
A A 
 
G G 
 
Bm Bm 
 
can bet on that
They all gathered around the
A A 
 
trailer house steps
G G 
 
F# F# 
 
and no one was counting any ones bets

Verse 9

When your soul is a swirlin'

And the worlds in a spin

Your heart can never be the same again

Verse 10
Bm Bm 
 
Back down the dark midway
A A 
 
I imagined the lights
G G 
 
Shining like torches
Bm Bm 
 
only much more bright
A A 
 
A little I walked than i did before
G G 
 
Bm Bm 
 
A little older I walked But I knew
much more
A A 
 
Maybe next year if any older I look
G G 
 
I'll run away from home and become
Bm Bm 
 
the fat mans cook
A A 
 
The world is so strange my mother dear
G G 
 
It's really a wonder how
Bm Bm 
 
we all got here
A A 
 
G G 
 
Once i thought I was in my place when I was
Bm Bm 
 
just a babe lookin  in your face
But now for some reason people
A A 
 
have given me doubt
G G 
 
It seems some are locked in and
Bm Bm 
 
some are locked out

Verse 11
Bm Bm 
 
The world is so strange I
A A 
 
can't comprehend
G G 
 
The one who wants freedom
Bm Bm 
 
are the very ones locked in
and why does it seem that
A A 
 
ones who don't care
G G 
 
Breathe in without gratitude
Bm Bm 
 
and the wild free air
A A 
 
My innocence has left by the same
door it came
G G 
 
Bm Bm 
 
and  never again will i ever be the same
A A 
 
But I'll never forget as long as I live
G G 
 
To be grateful to stranglers who
F# F# 
 
ain't afraid to give

Verse 12

When your soul is swirling

and your worlds in a spin

your heart will never be the

same again

Verse 13

when your heart is swirling

and worlds in a spin

your world will never be the

same again

Outro 1

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ChordsBm D A G F#

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