Chords for Ballad of Billy Jo McKay

My name's Billy Joel McKay, [E] _
just turned 16 yesterday.
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_ I'm [Gb] gonna get the nerve one day [E] to get out of here.
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My mom passed on three years ago.
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They said it was cancer and [Abm] it took her slow.
_ Ever [Gb] since then I've been saying no to [E] my daddy and my tears.
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [B] If you come down our road, you gotta watch the bump.
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_ Right there across from the garbage [Ab] dump.
_ You can [Gb] find me out back [E] jumping on the trampoline.
_ [Db] _ _ _ [B] And in the springtime we'll be skipping school.
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_ Sneak off to the Cannes Trail swimming [Abm] pool.
_ Man, [Gb] you just can't get much cooler [E]
than me and my friend [Abm] Darlene. _ _
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My granddaddy's hands are worn _ [E]
from _ [B] 50 years of growing corn.
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Back behind [Gb] the house where I was born [E] _
before he had the cell.
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My cousin Eddie, he got [E] shot _ in a Walmart parking [Abm] lot.
This little [Gb] town's changed a lot.
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_ He said it hurt like hell.
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_ [B] My name's Billy Joel McKay.
[Abm] It's a hot Mississippi _ summer Saturday.
_ _ _ [Gb] Daddy's on the front porch with Uncle [E] Dave drinking Dixie beer.
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16 years of [E] being bored. _ _
Windows open, forget the [Abm] door.
_ Hope there's some [Gb] gas in the old man's [B] sport.
Cause I'm outta here.
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_ _ [Gb] _ _ _ [E] I'm outta [B] here.
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_ _ _ [Gb] _ _ _ [E] I'm outta [B] _ here.
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_ _ _ _ [Gb] _ _ [E] Ooh, I'm outta _ here.
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Hey.
_ _ _ [Gb] _ _ Ooh, [E] I'm outta _ here. _ _
[Abm] Hey.
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[E] I'm outta _ _ _ _ _ [B] here. _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ [E] _ _ [B] Maybe I'll go down to the Biloxi.
_ _ _ Maybe to New Orleans.
_ _ _ _ Maybe to Hotlanta.
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