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Billy the Bum chords by 
John Prine
Intro 1
D
Em
D
A
D
Verse 1
D
Billy,
the bum lived by the thumb
And sang of the hobo's delight
A
He'd prove he could run
Twice as fast as the sun
D
By losing his shadow at night
Now he loved every girl
In this curly headed world
G
But no one will know it seems
For two twisted legs and
D
a childhood disease
A
Left Billy just a bum in his dreams
D
Verse 2
G
D
And he was just a gentle boy
A
D
A real fluorescent light
G
D
Cried pennies on Sunday morning
A
Laughs nickels on Saturday night
D
And your bullets, they can't harm him
G
Nor your knives tear him apart
Em
D
Humiliation killed him
A
God bless his little heart
Interlude 1
D
G
D
A
D
A
Now he
Verse 3
D
lived all alone in a run down home
A
Near the side of the old railroad track
Where the trains used to run
Carryin' freight by the ton
D
Blow the whistle as Billy'd wave back
But the children around
Billy's home town
G
Seemed to have nothin' better to do
Then run around his house
D
With their tongues from their mouth
A
Make fun of that crippled old fool
D
Verse 4
G
D
And he was just a gentle boy
A
D
A real fluorescent light
G
D
Cried pennies on Sunday morning
A
Laughs nickels on Saturday night
D
And your bullets, they can't harm him
G
Nor your knives tear him apart
D
Humiliation killed him
A
God bless his little heart
Interlude 2
D
G
D
E
D
Verse 5
D
Now some folks they wait
and some folks they pray
A
For Jesus to rise up again
But none of these folks in their holy cloaks
D
Ever took Billy on as a friend
For pity's a crime
And it ain't worth a dime
G
To a person who's really in need
Em
Just treat 'em the same
G
D
As you would your own name
A
Next time that your heart starts to bleed
D
Verse 6
G
D
And he was just a gentle boy
A
D
A real fluorescent light
G
D
Cried pennies on Sunday morning
A
Laughs nickels on Saturday night
D
And your bullets, they can't harm him
G
Nor your knives tear him apart
D
Humiliation killed him
A
God bless his little heart
D
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