Billy chords by
Lou Reed

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Key: Bb major•

Intro 1

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Csus4

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Verse 1
C C 
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Billy was
F F 
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Eb Eb 6
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Bb Bb 
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a good friend of mine
C C 
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F F 
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We grew up together ever
Eb Eb 6
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Bb Bb 
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since we were nine
F F 
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We went to school,
Csus4 Csus4 
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C C 
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Eb Eb 6
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Bb Bb 
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he was      my best friend
C C 
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And I thought our friendship
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would never end

Verse 2
Eb Eb 6
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Bb Bb 
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Csus4 Csus4 
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F F 
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Eb Eb 6
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Bb Bb 
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F F 
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In
Eb Eb 6
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Bb Bb 
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high
F F 
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Eb Eb 6
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Bb Bb 
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school he played football
C C 
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F F 
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Eb Eb 6
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Bb Bb 
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And me, I didn't do anything at all
He made touch-downs,
C C 
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F F 
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Eb Eb 6
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Bb Bb 
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while while I played pool
F F 
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And no one could figure out,
Eb Eb 6
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which one of us was the fool

Interlude 1

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Csus4

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Verse 3
Csus4 Csus4 
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F F 
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Then we       both went
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Bb Bb 
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to  collage
He studied medicine,
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F F 
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Eb Eb 6
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Bb Bb 
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while I studied foilage
F F 
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He got "A's",
C C 
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Bb Bb 
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Eb Eb 6
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Bb Bb 
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and I got "D's"
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He was going for his P.H.D.
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Bb Bb 
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The I decided to  drop out
C C 
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F F 
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Bb Bb 
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Then I decided to drop out
C C 
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F F 
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Things were getting a little
to hot
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Verse 4
Bb Bb 
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F F 
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Billy stayed there, became an intern,
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Bb Bb 
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then a doctor
F F 
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Eb Eb 6
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Then war broke out and he had to go
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F F 
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But not me, I was mentally unfit or so they say, so,
Gm Gm 3
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Eb Eb 6
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so

Interlude 2

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Csus4

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Csus4

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Verse 5
C C 
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When he came back,
F F 
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he wasn't quite the same
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F F 
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Eb Eb 6
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His nerves were shot, but not me
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Last time I saw him,
F F 
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I couldn't take it anymore
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F F 
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He wasn't the Billy I knew,

Interlude 3

it was like talking to a door

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Verse 6
C C 
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F F 
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Eb Eb 6
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Bb Bb 
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Billy was a friend of mine
F F 
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I  grew up with him ever
Eb Eb 6
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Bb Bb 
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since we were nine
F F 
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We went together to school
Eb Eb 6
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F F 
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And now I often wonder,