Billy Ray Wrote A Song chords by George Jones

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Verse 1
D 
 (D major) 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  (E major) I  was running away  (A major) 
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Now  (D major) we was broke before we
got started and it got worse later on
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 (G major) I  wrote home for  (D major) money and
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 (A major) Billy  (D major) Ray  (A major) wrote a song.
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 (D major) 

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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 (E major) thought we'd never arrive  (A major) 
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Now we  (D major) get more rides than
hitches as we hitch hiked along
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D 
I  (G major) got sore feet and blisters  (D major) and
Billy Ray wrote a song.

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Verse 3
G 
 (G major) Billy Ray wrote a song
D 
about  (D major) everything we did
G 
 (G major) I  was a- findin' fault he was
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 (D major) findin' rhyms that  (A major) fit?
D 
Well, we  (D major) did a lot of thinkin' most
of my thoughts were wrong
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D 
I  (G major) wanted to ride to Nashville  (D major) but
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Billy  (A major) Ray wrote a song.
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 (D major)  (E flat major) 

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-  (F major) called everybody we know  (B flat major) 
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We found  (E flat major) a bar still open a little
band was pickin' away
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And  (A flat major) I   set in to drinkin'.  (E flat major) 
Bb 
Billy  (B flat major) Ray set in to play,
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 (E flat major) 

Verse 5
He was an overnight sensation I
heard the radio say
Somehow they failed to mention
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the miles  (F major) all along the way  (B flat major) 
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Any (E flat major) way that's how it happened,
yeah, and it sure happened strong
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 (A flat major) They wrote about it hap (E flat major) penin'
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Billy  (B flat major) Ray wrote a song.
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 (E flat major) 

Verse 6
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 (A flat major) Billy Ray wrote a song about
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 (E flat major) everything he knew
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If  (A flat major) I'd a known what I know now,
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well,  (E flat major) I'd- a been writing  (B flat major) too
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 (E flat major) Billy Ray sure had it made and
I'm still taggin' along
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I'm  (A flat major) a- writing home for money,  (E flat major) 
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Eb 
Bb 
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Billy  (B flat major) Ray' still writes  (E flat major)  (A flat major) the  (E flat major)  (B flat major) song (E flat major) s