Billy chords by Lou Reed
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Intro 1
(G major) (D major) (C major) (G major) (Asus4) (D major) (C major) (D major)
(G major)
Verse 1
Billy was (A major)
a (D major) good friend of mine (C major) (G major)
We grew up to (A major) gether (D major) ever
since we were nine (C major) (G major)
We went to school, (D major)
he (Asus4) was my be (A major) st friend (C major) (G major)
And I thought (A major) our friendship
(D major) would never end
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Verse 2
(C major) In (G major) (Asus4) (D major) (C major) (G major) (D major)
(C major) (G major) high
school (D major) he played football (C major) (G major)
And me, I (A major) didn't (D major) do anything at all (C major) (G major)
He made touch-downs,
while (A major) (D major) while I played pool (C major) (G major)
And no one could (D major) figure out,
which one of us was the (C major) fool
Interlude 1
(C major) (G major) (Asus4) (D major) (G major) (C major) (G major)
Verse 3
Then we (Asus4) both (D major) went
(C major) to (G major) collage
He studied medicine,
(Asus4) (D major) while I studied (C major) (G major) foilage
He got "A's", (D major)
and I got (A major) "D's" (G major) (C major) (G major)
He was go (A major) ing for his P.H.D.
(D major) The I decided to (C major) drop out (G major)
Then I de (A major) cided (D major) to drop out (C major) (G major)
Things were (A major) getting (D major) a little
to hot
(C major)
Verse 4
(G major)
Billy stayed there, (D major) became an intern,
then a doc (C major) tor (G major)
Then war broke (D major) out and he had to go (C major)
(G major) But not me, I was (D major) mentally unfit or so they say, so,
(E minor) so (C major)
Interlude 2
(C major) (G major) (Asus4) (D major) (C major) (G major) (Asus4) (D major) (C major)
(G major)
Verse 5
When he came (A major) back,
he wasn't (D major) quite the same (C major)
(G major) His nerves were shot, but (D major) not me (C major)
(G major) Last time I saw him,
(D major) I couldn't take it anymore
(C major) (G major) He wasn't the Billy I knew, (D major)
Interlude 3
it was like talking to a door
(C major) (G major) (D major) (C major) (G major) (Asus4) (D major)
(C major) (G major)
Verse 6
Billy was (A major) (D major) a friend of mine (C major) (G major)
(D major) I grew up with him ever
since we were nine (C major) (G major)
We went to (D major) gether to school
(C major) And (G major) now I often (D major) wonder,
Outro 1
which one of us was the fool
(C major) (D major) (G major) (Asus4) (D major) (C major) (G major) (D major)
(C major)
Billy
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