Billy Ray Wrote A Song chords by
George Jones

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Key: D major

Verse 1
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Well, we left home free spirits,
me and Billy Ray
He was a going to be going to be going
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and I  was running away
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Now we was broke before we
got started and it got worse later on
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I  wrote home for money and
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Billy Ray wrote a song.
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Verse 2
Now the people sure get picky
when it comes to givin' a ride
It didn't take long us leavin' but I
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thought we'd never arrive
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Now we get more rides than
hitches as we hitch hiked along
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I got sore feet and blisters and
Billy Ray wrote a song.

Verse 3
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Billy Ray wrote a song
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about everything we did
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I  was a- findin' fault he was
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findin' rhyms that fit?
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Well, we did a lot of thinkin' most
of my thoughts were wrong
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I wanted to ride to Nashville but
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Billy Ray wrote a song.
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Verse 4
Well, we got into Nashville tired,
a- hungry and cold
If we'd had a dime between us we
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could a- called everybody we know
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We found a bar still open a little
band was pickin' away
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And I   set in to drinkin'.
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Billy Ray set in to play,
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Verse 5
He was an overnight sensation I
heard the radio say
Somehow they failed to mention
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the miles all along the way
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Anyway that's how it happened,
yeah, and it sure happened strong
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They wrote about it happenin'
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Billy Ray wrote a song.
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Verse 6
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Billy Ray wrote a song about
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everything he knew
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If I'd a known what I know now,
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well, I'd- a been writing too
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Billy Ray sure had it made and
I'm still taggin' along
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I'm a- writing home for money,
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