Chords for PAPER LACE - Billy Don´t Be A Hero (1974) -HQ video-

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_ _ _ _ [Dm] The marching band [G] came down along [C] Main Street, the salty blues fell in behind.
_ [Dm] I looked across [G] and there I saw [C] Billie, waiting to go and join the line.
[Dm] _ And with her [G] head upon his shoulder, [Dm] _ his young and [G] lovely _ fiancée,
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From where I stood [G] I saw she was [Dm] crying, and through her [F] tears I heard [G] her say,
[C] _ Billie, don't be a hero, don't [Dm] be a fool with your life. _ _ _
[G] _ Billie, don't be a hero, and [C] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ as Billie started to go, she [F] said,
Keep your pretty [Fm] head low.
_ [C] _ Billie, don't be [Dm] a hero, [G] come [C] back to me. _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ [Dm] The salty blues [G] were trapped on the [C] hillside, the battle raging all around. _
[Dm] _ The sergeant [G] cried, we've got to hang on [C] boys, we've got to hold this piece of ground.
[Dm] I need [G] a volunteer to ride [Dm] out, and bring us back [G] some extra men.
[Dm] _ And dear, this [G] hand was up in a [Dm] moment, forgetting all the [G] words she said.
[Ab] She _ said, [Db] _
Billie, don't be a hero, don't [Ebm] be a fool with your life. _
_ _ [Ab] _ Billie, don't be a hero, _ [Db] _ _
_ _ _ _ and as Billie started to go, she [Gb] said,
Keep your pretty [Gbm] _ _ _ [Db] head low.
Billie, don't [Ebm] be a hero, [Ab] come [Db] back to me. _ _ _
_ _ [Ebm] I heard his [Ab] fiancée got a [Db] letter, that told how Billie died that day.
[Ebm] The letter said [Ab] that he was a [Db] hero, she should be proud he died that way.
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I heard she threw [Abm] the [Ab] letter _ [Db] away. _ _
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