Billy Chords by Lou Reed

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[Gm] _ [Bb] _ _ _ [C] Billy [F] was a good friend [Bb] of [Eb] mine We _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ [F] grew up together [Db] ever since [Bb] we were [Eb] nine
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_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Fm] went to school, he was my [Bb] best [Eb] friend And _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] I thought our friendship would never [Bb] [Eb] end _ _ _ _
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_ _ [Bb] _ _ In [C] high [F] school, we played [Gm] [Eb] football _ And _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [C] me, [F] I didn't do [Bb] anything at [Eb] all _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ _ _ We made [F]
touchdowns while [Gm] I played [Eb] pool And _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] no one could figure out which one of us
[Bb] was the [Eb] fool _ _ _
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_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Fm] Then we both went [Bb] off to [Eb] college _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ He studied _ [C]
[Fm] medicine while I [Gm] studied [Eb] college _ _ He _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] got A's and I [Bb] got [Eb] D's _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [Cm] He was [F] going for his Ph [Bb] [Eb].D. _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ [F] Then I decided to [Bb] drop [Eb] out _ _
Things _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] were getting a [Bb] little too [Eb] hot _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ This day, they [F]
became an intern, [Gm] then a doctor [Eb] _ _ Then _ _ [Gm] _ [Bb] _ _ war [F] broke out and he [Bb] had to go
[Eb] _ But _
_ [Bb] _ _ not me, I [F] was mentally unfit or so [Bb] they say so [Eb]-so _ _ _
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_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ When [F] he came back, he wasn't quite the [Bb] [Eb] same _ _ _
_ _ _ [Bb] His nerves were sharp, but [F] not me
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_ _ [F] _ [Bb] Last I saw [F] him, I [Db] couldn't take [Gm] it anymore
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_ _ [Bb] _ He wasn't the Billy [C] I [Fm] knew, like talking to [Bb] a [Eb] dog _ _ _
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_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [C] Billy [F] was a friend [Gm] of [Eb] mine _ _ _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Fm] I grew up with him ever since [Eb] I was nine
_ We _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [F] went together through [Bb] [Eb] school _ _ _ _ [Bb] And _ _ now [F] I often wonder which one of us [Bb] was the [Eb] fool _ _ _
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