Chords for Billy Bayou
Tempo:
83.05 bpm
Chords used:
A
D
Bm
G
B
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[A] [D]
Back about 1800 and some, a Louisiana [A] couple had a [D] red-headed son.
No name suited him, Jim, Jack, or Joe, they just called [A] him [D] Billy Bio.
[G] Billy, Billy [Bm] Bio, watch where you go, [A] you're walking on [D] quicksand, walk [G] slow.
Billy, Billy [Bm] Bio, watch what you [A] say, a pretty girl will [D] get you one of these days.
[A] [D]
Billy was a boy, kind of big for his [Bm] size, red hair and [A] freckles and big [D] blue eyes.
Thirteen years from the day he was born, Bill fought the [A] battle of the little [G] bighorn.
Billy, Billy [Bm] Bio, watch where you go, [B] you're walking on [Bm] quicksand, walk slow.
[G] Billy, Billy Bio, [Bm] watch what you [A] say, a pretty girl will [D] get you one of these days.
[A] [D]
One sad day, Billy cried, ho, ho, I can whip the [A] feathers off a [D] G runny moe.
He smarted off, the chief got mad, this nearly [A] ended our [D] Louisiana [G] lad.
Billy, Billy Bio, watch where you [A] go, you're walking on [Bm] quicksand, walk [G] slow.
Billy, Billy Bio, [Bm] watch what you say, [B] a pretty girl will get you [D] one of these days.
One day in [N] 1878
Back about 1800 and some, a Louisiana [A] couple had a [D] red-headed son.
No name suited him, Jim, Jack, or Joe, they just called [A] him [D] Billy Bio.
[G] Billy, Billy [Bm] Bio, watch where you go, [A] you're walking on [D] quicksand, walk [G] slow.
Billy, Billy [Bm] Bio, watch what you [A] say, a pretty girl will [D] get you one of these days.
[A] [D]
Billy was a boy, kind of big for his [Bm] size, red hair and [A] freckles and big [D] blue eyes.
Thirteen years from the day he was born, Bill fought the [A] battle of the little [G] bighorn.
Billy, Billy [Bm] Bio, watch where you go, [B] you're walking on [Bm] quicksand, walk slow.
[G] Billy, Billy Bio, [Bm] watch what you [A] say, a pretty girl will [D] get you one of these days.
[A] [D]
One sad day, Billy cried, ho, ho, I can whip the [A] feathers off a [D] G runny moe.
He smarted off, the chief got mad, this nearly [A] ended our [D] Louisiana [G] lad.
Billy, Billy Bio, watch where you [A] go, you're walking on [Bm] quicksand, walk [G] slow.
Billy, Billy Bio, [Bm] watch what you say, [B] a pretty girl will get you [D] one of these days.
One day in [N] 1878
Key:
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Back about 1800 and some, a Louisiana [A] couple had a [D] red-headed son.
No name suited him, Jim, Jack, or Joe, they just called [A] him [D] Billy Bio.
[G] Billy, Billy [Bm] Bio, watch where you go, [A] you're walking on [D] quicksand, walk [G] slow.
Billy, Billy [Bm] Bio, watch what you [A] say, a pretty girl will [D] get you one of these days.
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ [D] _
Billy was a boy, kind of big for his [Bm] size, red hair and [A] freckles and big [D] blue eyes.
Thirteen years from the day he was born, Bill fought the [A] battle of the little [G] bighorn.
Billy, Billy [Bm] Bio, watch where you go, [B] you're walking on [Bm] quicksand, walk slow.
[G] Billy, Billy Bio, [Bm] watch what you [A] say, a pretty girl will [D] get you one of these days.
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ [D]
One sad day, Billy cried, ho, ho, I can whip the [A] feathers off a [D] G runny moe.
He smarted off, the chief got mad, this nearly [A] ended our [D] Louisiana [G] lad.
Billy, Billy Bio, watch where you [A] go, you're walking on [Bm] quicksand, walk [G] slow.
Billy, Billy Bio, [Bm] watch what you say, [B] a pretty girl will get you [D] one of these days. _ _ _ _ _ _
One day in [N] 1878_ _ _ _
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Back about 1800 and some, a Louisiana [A] couple had a [D] red-headed son.
No name suited him, Jim, Jack, or Joe, they just called [A] him [D] Billy Bio.
[G] Billy, Billy [Bm] Bio, watch where you go, [A] you're walking on [D] quicksand, walk [G] slow.
Billy, Billy [Bm] Bio, watch what you [A] say, a pretty girl will [D] get you one of these days.
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ [D] _
Billy was a boy, kind of big for his [Bm] size, red hair and [A] freckles and big [D] blue eyes.
Thirteen years from the day he was born, Bill fought the [A] battle of the little [G] bighorn.
Billy, Billy [Bm] Bio, watch where you go, [B] you're walking on [Bm] quicksand, walk slow.
[G] Billy, Billy Bio, [Bm] watch what you [A] say, a pretty girl will [D] get you one of these days.
_ _ _ _ _ [A] _ [D]
One sad day, Billy cried, ho, ho, I can whip the [A] feathers off a [D] G runny moe.
He smarted off, the chief got mad, this nearly [A] ended our [D] Louisiana [G] lad.
Billy, Billy Bio, watch where you [A] go, you're walking on [Bm] quicksand, walk [G] slow.
Billy, Billy Bio, [Bm] watch what you say, [B] a pretty girl will get you [D] one of these days. _ _ _ _ _ _
One day in [N] 1878_ _ _ _
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