Rock-A-Billy chords by Holly Dunn

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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Billy was
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born in a one room shack
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On the Tennessee line by
the railroad track
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Caught a bad fever and he went blind
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And his daddy ran off about the same time

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Verse 2

His mama didn't know

what to do with the boy

So she gave him daddy's old guitar

as a toy

Billy used to sit on the front

porch swing

Pulling off licks and bend

ing those strings

Verse 3
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Playing to the rhythm of the south band train
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Notes flying off his fingers like a hurricane
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Couldn't see nothing,
never said a word
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But he could sure imitate anything he heard
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He could

Verse 4

rock, he could roll

(Rock, rock, rock, rock- a-billy)

Cry blues with soul

(Rock, rock, rock, rock- a-billy)

Verse 5

Never went to school one single day

But oh that boy could play

He could rock, rock, rock,

Interlude 1
rock- a- billy
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One day

Verse 6

a man came to Billy's town

To hear that boy and his guitar sound

He said, "Son, you should be a star"

Now Billy's

Verse 7
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riding around
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in a big long car
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Making more money than
he'll ever spend
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'Cause he still has what he had back then
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He could rock,

Verse 8
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he could roll
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(Rock, rock, rock, rock-
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a-billy)
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Cry blues, with soul
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(Rock, rock, rock, rock-  a- billy)

Verse 9
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Never went to school one single day
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But, oh, that boy could play
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He could rock, rock, rock, rock- a- billy
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He could rock, rock, rock,
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rock- a- billy