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Verse 1
(G major) (C major) (G major) (D major) (G major) (C major) (D major) Well we
(G major) grew
up together (C major) in an urban (G major) town (D major)
Just me (G major) and Billy Jones
(C major) always hanging (G major) (D major) around
He was a (G major) Mumma's little boy,
he was an only (D major) child
His clothes (G major) were always (C major) neat and his
(G major) hair (D major) carefully styled
(G major) (C major)
Verse 2
(G major) (D major)
All the games (G major) we'd play
(C major) I couldn't un (G major) derstand (D major) why
I'd (G major) have to play the (C major) groom
and let Billy (G major) be (D major) the bride
All (G major) those pretty dresses (C major) that
he's (G major) love (D major) to wear
I'd wear a (G major) floppy hat (C major) Billy
he'd (G major) put flowers (D major) in his hair (G major) (C major)
(G major) He'd (D major) even wear my un (G major) derwear (C major) (G major) and put
(D major) flowers in his (G major) (C major) (G major) (D major) (G major) (C major)
(D major) hair
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Verse 3
A few (G major) years later you (C major) know
we kinda drif (G major) ted apart (D major)
My fam (G major) ily moved south
(C major) to make a (G major) new start (D major)
I missed (G major) Billy, (C major) Mum (G major) said that (D major) was wrong
(G major) Dad said "That boy (C major) just don't
know (G major) where (D major) he belongs"
(G major) (C major) (G major) (D major) Where does he belong? (G major) (C major)
(G major) (D major)
Interlude 1
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(D major) (G major) (C major) (G major) (D major)
A (G major) few years later
Verse 4
(C major) I was work (G major) ing in a bar (D major)
It was smoky (G major) and dark, (C major)
there was a blues (G major) man (D major) playing guitar
(G major) When in walked a woman (C major)
wear (G major) ing emer (D major) ald green
With a voluptuous (G major) figure,
(C major) she (G major) was beau (D major) tiful and lean (G major) (C major)
(G major) She (D major) was looking pretty mean
(C major) (G major) (D major)
Interlude 2
(G major) (C major) (G major) (D major)
(G major) (C major) (G major) (D major)
A full (G major) martini
Verse 5
(C major) shaken (G major) not (D major) stirred
It was only un (G major) til about (C major)
af (G major) ter her third (D major)
I star (G major) ted looking closely,
(C major) man (G major) I should (D major) have known!
It was my old (G major) friend,
(C major) you guessed (G major) (D major) it, Billy Jones (G major) (C major)
Oh (G major) my (D major) god Billy Jones! (G major) (C major)
(G major) Oh (D major) shit Billy Jones! (G major)
(C major) (G major) (D major) (G major) (C major) (G major) (D major)
Verse 6
Tears (G major) filled our (C major) eyes as we
(G major) began (D major) to speak
He'd been (G major) living a lie, (C major) a (G major) life so (D major) discreet
It (G major) made me feel sad (C major) to hear (G major) him say (D major)
In a voice (G major) so sweet (C major) "Hon (G major) ey you (D major) can (G major) (C major) (G major)
(D major) call me Jane" (G major)
Interlude 3
(C major) (G major) (D major) (G major) (C major) (G major) (D major) (G major)
(C major) (D major)
As the night (G major) wore on
Verse 7
(C major) we spoke
of yes (G major) terday (D major)
And how Billy (G major) has always
(C major) known that he was (G major) gay (D major)
I nev (G major) er knew how much (C major)
a per (G major) son could (D major) change
From little (G major) Billy Jones (C major) to lean,
(G major) (D major) luscious (G major) (C major) (G major) (D major) Jane (G major)
Interlude 4
(C major) (G major) (D major) (G major) (C major) (G major) (D major) (G major)
(C major) (G major) (D major)
Billy (G major) Jane Jones
Verse 8
(C major) this comes (G major) from my heart (D major)
I hope (G major) your nights are filled (C major)
with a thousand (G major) stars (D major)
But don't waste (G major) your sweet
(C major) ness in (G major) the empty (D major) air
Cause you don't (G major) know how cold (C major) and
dark it (G major) is (D major) out there (G major)
(C major) (G major) (D major)
Verse 9
This (C major) (G major) (D major) is the (G major) (C major) (G major) (D major)
ballad of Billy Jane Jones
Billy Jones
The Waifs
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