Billy the Bum chords by
John Prine

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Key: F major•

Intro 1

F

F

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Gm

Gm

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F

F

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C

C

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F

F

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Verse 1

F

F

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Billy,

the bum lived by the thumb

And sang of the hobo's delight

C

C

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He'd prove he could run

Twice as fast as the sun

F

F

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By losing his shadow at night

Now he loved every girl

In this curly headed world

Bb

Bb

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But no one will know it seems

For two twisted legs and

F

F

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a childhood disease

C

C

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Left Billy just a bum in his dreams

F

F

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Verse 2

Bb

Bb

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F

F

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And he was just a gentle boy

C

C

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F

F

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A real fluorescent light

Bb

Bb

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F

F

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Cried pennies on Sunday morning

C

C

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Laughs nickels on Saturday night

F

F

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And your bullets, they can't harm him

Bb

Bb

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Nor your knives tear him apart

Gm

Gm

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F

F

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Humiliation killed him

C

C

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God bless his little heart

Interlude 1

F

F

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Bb

Bb

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F

F

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C

C

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F

F

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C

C

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Now he

Verse 3

F

F

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lived all alone in a run down home

C

C

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Near the side of the old railroad track

Where the trains used to run

Carryin' freight by the ton

F

F

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Blow the whistle as Billy'd wave back

But the children around

Billy's home town

Bb

Bb

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Seemed to have nothin' better to do

Then run around his house

F

F

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With their tongues from their mouth

C

C

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Make fun of that crippled old fool

F

F

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Verse 4

Bb

Bb

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F

F

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And he was just a gentle boy

C

C

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F

F

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A real fluorescent light

Bb

Bb

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F

F

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Cried pennies on Sunday morning

C

C

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Laughs nickels on Saturday night

F

F

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And your bullets, they can't harm him

Bb

Bb

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Nor your knives tear him apart

F

F

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Humiliation killed him

C

C

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God bless his little heart

Interlude 2

F

F

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Bb

Bb

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F

F

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G

G

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F

F

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Verse 5

F

F

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Now some folks they wait

and some folks they pray

C

C

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For Jesus to rise up again

But none of these folks in their holy cloaks

F

F

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Ever took Billy on as a friend

For pity's a crime

And it ain't worth a dime

Bb

Bb

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To a person who's really in need

Gm

Gm

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Just treat 'em the same

Bb

Bb

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F

F

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As you would your own name

C

C

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Next time that your heart starts to bleed

F

F

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Verse 6

Bb

Bb

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F

F

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And he was just a gentle boy

C

C

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F

F

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A real fluorescent light

Bb

Bb

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F

F

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Cried pennies on Sunday morning

C

C

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Laughs nickels on Saturday night

F

F

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And your bullets, they can't harm him

Bb

Bb

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Nor your knives tear him apart

F

F

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Humiliation killed him

C

C

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God bless his little heart

F

F

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