Billy Collins chords by
Katy Moffatt

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Key: C major

Verse 1
C C 
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They call me Billy Collins,
G G 
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Gm Gm 3
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boys, I'm as Irish as  my name
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And like my pa before me,
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C C 
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fightin' was my game
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But to see the River Shannon
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Am Am 
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has always been my dream.
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I've prayed I'd lay my dying soul
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beside her lovely stream.
C C 
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But I don't believe
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the River Shannon
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runs through Tennessee.
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E E 
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Am Am 
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This muddy water filled with stone
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G G 
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Looks like Collins Creek to me
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F F 
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My father's kin have made their homes
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E E 
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Up and down this riverbed
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Dm Dm 
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And it's here beside this granite stone
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C C 
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I lay my dying head
It was 14 sonic victories,
Gm Gm 3
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14  bloody fights,
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that brought me north to New York,
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C C 
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beneath the garden lights,
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where the Puerto Rican racketeers
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played their money smart.
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They loaded up their fighter's gloves
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G G 
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and destroyed my fighting heart.
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So it was home I went in blind defeat.
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I never fought again.
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And the right and left
which served me well
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Gm Gm 3
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Then served me pints of gin
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Dm Dm 
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And the roar of the thundering fight crowd
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In one desperate scream is drowned
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I was too damn drunk to see the things
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That had thrown me to the ground
And I don't believe
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the river Shannon
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G G 
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runs   through Tennessee.
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Am Am 
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This muddy water filled with stone
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G G 
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looks like Collins Creek to me.
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F F 
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My father's kin have made their homes
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E E 
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up and down this river bed.
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And it's here, beside this granite stone,
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C C 
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G G 
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C C 
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I'll lay my dying head.
So you can have your new world,
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Gm Gm 3
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with all its fast machines.
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Your fancy cars and painted horse
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And all your goddamn dreams
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I'd trade it all to lay my head
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On Lady Shannon's breast
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But it's here beside this
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muddy stream
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G G 
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They'll lay fightin' Bill to rest
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Billy Collins lost his pride
Gm Gm 3
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But he never lost his nerve
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He ran the straight and narrow
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C C 
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But couldn't make the curve
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C C 
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Dm Dm 
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Ran off the road near Collins Creek
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blind drunk late one night
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F F 
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he lost the final round
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G G 
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but he may have won the fight
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F F 
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and I don't believe the river Shannon
G G 
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runs through Tennessee
C C 
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G G 
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Am Am 
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This muddy water filled with stone
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G G 
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looks like Collins Creek to me.
C C 
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F F 
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My father's kin have made their homes
G G 
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E E 
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up and down this river bed.
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Dm Dm 
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And it's here beside this granite stone
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C C 
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I'll lay my dying head.
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Dm Dm 
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Yes, it's me, beside this granite stone,
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C C 
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I'll lay my dying head.
Thank you.

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