Smiling Bill McCall [Mono Version Bonus Track] chords by
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Key: Db major
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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Well, the whole town
listened to the radio
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For the Smiling Bill McCall Show
Everyone in Nashville
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Was listenin' to Bill
Verse 2
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I don't want to be layin' in bed
Verse 3
When they pronounce me dead
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He'd stand and breathe
in the microphone
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With his guitar hangin' to his knee bone
All the girls just sat and dreamed
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When Bill began his sing
Verse 4
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I don't want my hat to be hung
Verse 5
When my last song is sung
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But he never let fame go to his head
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Ab
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"This is Smiling Bill
McCall", he said
"Gonna pick and sing a song or two
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You all listen till I'm through"
Verse 6
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And if you're at the house or in your car
Verse 7
Tune in this time tomorrow
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To all the boys he was a big hero
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They'd glue their ears
to the radio
Then talkin' a most unusual drawl
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Imitatin' Bill McCall
Verse 8
Daddy, can I get me a guitar
Verse 9
'Cause I want to be a star
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The girls would say of Bill McCall
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Why I bet he's over six feet tall
Handsomest man in Nashville
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They said of Smiling Bill
Verse 10
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He won't be plantin' potato slips
Verse 11
When he cashes in his chips
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Then one day Bill didn't
make the show
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Didn't even show up for a week or so
The station's boss said to city hall
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"Find Smiling Bill McCall"
Verse 12
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It won't be hard to track him down
Verse 13
He's got the biggest feet in town
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Well, there's a creek that
runs through Nashville
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And on the bank they found Smiling Bill
He's committin' suicide
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But they grabbed him before he tried
Verse 14
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"Turn me loose, I want to jump",
he screamed
"'Cause I can't stand that theme"
Let this be my final breath
'Cause I'm scared to half to death"
Verse 15
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The big brave Smiling Bill McCall
Is only four feet tall
I'd rather be in the river dead
Than to hear 'em laughin' at my bald head

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