Billy Bayou Chords by Roger Miller
Tempo:
84.6 bpm
Chords used:
Eb
D
Bb
A
G
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[D]
Back about 1800 and some a losing and a [A] couple had a redheaded [D] son
No name suited him Jim Jack or Joe.
So they just called him Billy by [G] old Bailey Bailey
[D] I watch where you [A] go.
You're walking on quick [D] sand walk [G] slow Bailey Bailey [D] by oh, that's what you [A] see pretty girl
Look at [D] you one of these days Billy was a boy kinda big boy size
Red hair [A] freckles and big [D] blue eyes
13 years from the day.
He was born Billy fought the battle of little [G] bighorn
Billy Billy [D] by oh, that's where you [A] go.
You're walking on quick [D] sand walk [G] slow
Billy Billy [D] by oh, that's what you see [A] pretty girl.
Look at [D] you one of these days
[Eb]
One sad day, but he cried.
Oh, I can whip the feathers [Bb] off a cheer [Eb] on a mow
He smart it off the chief got mad that my haka ended [Bb] our Louisiana [Eb] lad
[Ab] Billy Billy by [Eb] oh, that's where you go.
[Bb] You're walking on quick [Eb] sand walk slow
[Ab] Billy Billy by [Eb] oh, that's what you see [Bb] a pretty girl.
Look at [Eb] you one of these days one day in
1878 a pretty girl walked through [Bb] bills [Eb] front gate
He didn't know whether to stand there run wound up married [Bb] cause he didn't [Eb] either [Ab] one
Billy Billy by [Eb] oh, that's where you go.
[Bb] You're walking on quick [Eb] sand walk slow
[Ab] Billy Billy by [Eb] oh, that's what you see [Bb] a pretty girl.
Look at [Eb] you one of these days
[Bb] [Eb]
[N]
Back about 1800 and some a losing and a [A] couple had a redheaded [D] son
No name suited him Jim Jack or Joe.
So they just called him Billy by [G] old Bailey Bailey
[D] I watch where you [A] go.
You're walking on quick [D] sand walk [G] slow Bailey Bailey [D] by oh, that's what you [A] see pretty girl
Look at [D] you one of these days Billy was a boy kinda big boy size
Red hair [A] freckles and big [D] blue eyes
13 years from the day.
He was born Billy fought the battle of little [G] bighorn
Billy Billy [D] by oh, that's where you [A] go.
You're walking on quick [D] sand walk [G] slow
Billy Billy [D] by oh, that's what you see [A] pretty girl.
Look at [D] you one of these days
[Eb]
One sad day, but he cried.
Oh, I can whip the feathers [Bb] off a cheer [Eb] on a mow
He smart it off the chief got mad that my haka ended [Bb] our Louisiana [Eb] lad
[Ab] Billy Billy by [Eb] oh, that's where you go.
[Bb] You're walking on quick [Eb] sand walk slow
[Ab] Billy Billy by [Eb] oh, that's what you see [Bb] a pretty girl.
Look at [Eb] you one of these days one day in
1878 a pretty girl walked through [Bb] bills [Eb] front gate
He didn't know whether to stand there run wound up married [Bb] cause he didn't [Eb] either [Ab] one
Billy Billy by [Eb] oh, that's where you go.
[Bb] You're walking on quick [Eb] sand walk slow
[Ab] Billy Billy by [Eb] oh, that's what you see [Bb] a pretty girl.
Look at [Eb] you one of these days
[Bb] [Eb]
[N]
Key:
Eb
D
Bb
A
G
Eb
D
Bb
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
Back about 1800 and some a losing and a [A] couple had a redheaded [D] son
No name suited him Jim Jack or Joe.
So they just called him Billy by [G] old Bailey Bailey
[D] I watch where you [A] go.
You're walking on quick [D] sand walk [G] slow Bailey Bailey [D] by oh, that's what you [A] see pretty girl
Look at [D] you one of these days Billy was a boy kinda big boy size
Red hair [A] freckles and big [D] blue eyes
13 years from the day.
He was born Billy fought the battle of little [G] bighorn
Billy Billy [D] by oh, that's where you [A] go.
You're walking on quick [D] sand walk [G] slow
Billy Billy [D] by oh, that's what you see [A] pretty girl.
Look at [D] you one of these days
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ One sad day, but he cried.
Oh, I can whip the feathers [Bb] off a cheer [Eb] on a mow
He smart it off the chief got mad that my haka ended [Bb] our Louisiana [Eb] lad
[Ab] Billy Billy by [Eb] oh, that's where you go.
[Bb] You're walking on quick [Eb] sand walk slow
[Ab] Billy Billy by [Eb] oh, that's what you see [Bb] a pretty girl.
Look at [Eb] you one of these days one day in
1878 a pretty girl walked through [Bb] bills [Eb] front gate
He didn't know whether to stand there run wound up married [Bb] cause he didn't [Eb] either [Ab] one
Billy Billy by [Eb] oh, that's where you go.
[Bb] You're walking on quick [Eb] sand walk slow
[Ab] Billy Billy by [Eb] oh, that's what you see [Bb] a pretty girl.
Look at [Eb] you one of these days _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
Back about 1800 and some a losing and a [A] couple had a redheaded [D] son
No name suited him Jim Jack or Joe.
So they just called him Billy by [G] old Bailey Bailey
[D] I watch where you [A] go.
You're walking on quick [D] sand walk [G] slow Bailey Bailey [D] by oh, that's what you [A] see pretty girl
Look at [D] you one of these days Billy was a boy kinda big boy size
Red hair [A] freckles and big [D] blue eyes
13 years from the day.
He was born Billy fought the battle of little [G] bighorn
Billy Billy [D] by oh, that's where you [A] go.
You're walking on quick [D] sand walk [G] slow
Billy Billy [D] by oh, that's what you see [A] pretty girl.
Look at [D] you one of these days
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ One sad day, but he cried.
Oh, I can whip the feathers [Bb] off a cheer [Eb] on a mow
He smart it off the chief got mad that my haka ended [Bb] our Louisiana [Eb] lad
[Ab] Billy Billy by [Eb] oh, that's where you go.
[Bb] You're walking on quick [Eb] sand walk slow
[Ab] Billy Billy by [Eb] oh, that's what you see [Bb] a pretty girl.
Look at [Eb] you one of these days one day in
1878 a pretty girl walked through [Bb] bills [Eb] front gate
He didn't know whether to stand there run wound up married [Bb] cause he didn't [Eb] either [Ab] one
Billy Billy by [Eb] oh, that's where you go.
[Bb] You're walking on quick [Eb] sand walk slow
[Ab] Billy Billy by [Eb] oh, that's what you see [Bb] a pretty girl.
Look at [Eb] you one of these days _
_ _ _ _ _ [Bb] _ [Eb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [N] _
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