under one roof chords by
The Rubettes
The Rubettes

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Key: A major
Verse 1
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Billy ran away from his home
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D

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to find a way to live in peace
His mama didn't give a damn about him
and his papa's on the
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run from the police
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When Billy hit the city, the city hit Billy,
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no one needs you
when you're down and out
Then one kind guy with
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the painted eyes
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Picked him up and bailed him out
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Under one moon, sharing one moon
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Nobody cared about them
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Under one roof, sharing one room
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Daring the world to part them
Billy found it hard to find a
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job to make some pay
All day looking round, getting it down,
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always being turned away
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And Johnny was the only one
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who didn't talk down to Billy from above
And for the first time in his life,
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Billy found out what it felt
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G

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like to be loved
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D
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Under one roof, sharing one love,
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nobody cared about them
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D
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Under one roof, sharing one love,
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daring the world to part them
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So my Billy's papa found out all
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about the style of Billy's life
And it didn't take long before he
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came round and he had a knife
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He caught up Johnny, stole all his money
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He called him on the names
that he could find
He said he'd whip a billy
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at the factory tomorrow
And show them what they
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do to billies kind
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Under one roof, sharing one love
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Now the whole world knew about them
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Under one roof, sharing one love,
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E
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daring the world to part them
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Johnny said, Billy,
we can't run away from
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the world no more
I'm gonna fix my daddy,
I'm gonna show the world
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who I'm living for
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And if I lose my job, if I lose my life,
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you know one thing is true
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It can take away anything from me,
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but it won't take me from you
In a 530, Billy's daddy
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waited at the factory for him to come
And how he did to greet him,
he cut him in a slit
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and spat on him in front of everyone
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As Billy lay dying, his papa started crying
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The cops appeared and
threw him in the cane
And all because the person
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who was the first to give him love
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Had been a man
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