Billy Boy chords by The Laurie Berkner Band

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Verse 1
G 
 (G major) Oh, where have you been,
Billy boy, Billy boy?
D 
Oh, where have you been, charming Billy?  (D major) 
I have been to seek a wife,
G 
she's the  (G major) joy of my life.
She's a young thing
D 
G 
and  (D major) cannot leave her  (G major) mother.
Where does she live, Billy boy, Billy boy?
D 
Oh, where does she live, charming Billy?  (D major) 
She lives up on the hill,
G 
40 miles  (G major) from the mill.
She's a young thing
D 
G 
and  (D major) cannot leave her  (G major) mother at all.
Did she ask you to come in,
Billy boy, Billy boy?
Did she ask you to come in,
D 
charming Billy?  (D major) 
Yes, she asked me to come in.
G 
There's a  (G major) dimple and a chin.
She's a young thing
D 
G 
and  (D major) cannot leave her  (G major) mother at all.
A 
Can she bake  (A major) a cherry pie,
Billy boy, Billy boy
Can she bake a cherry pie,
E 
Charming  (E major) Billy
She can bake a cherry pie
A 
Quick as a  (A major) cat can wink and eye
She's a young thing
E 
A 
and  (E major) cannot leave her  (A major) mother
Can she sing a pretty song,
Billy boy, Billy boy
Can she sing a pretty song,
E 
Charming  (E major) Billy
She can sing a pretty song,
A 
but she  (A major) often sings it wrong.
She's a young thing
E 
A 
and  (E major) cannot leave her  (A major) mother.
So how old is she now,
Billy boy, Billy boy?
E 
How old is she now, charming Billy?  (E major) 
Three times six and four times seven,
A 
twenty -eight  (A major) and eleven.
And she's a young thing
E 
A 
and  (E major) cannot leave her  (A major) mother