{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1704284,"song":"Billy And Sue","artist":"B.J. Thomas","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11358641-billy-and-sue-chords-by-b-j-thomas/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1704284?type=chord","rating":4.90838,"votes":8,"content":"\r\nBilly And Sue:BJ Thomas.\r\n#23 RPM CANADA and #34 on BB Hot 100\r\non SCEPTER Records in 1966.\r\n\r\nINTRO: [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]Am[/ch]\r\n\r\n#1.\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]Am[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThis is the story about Billy and Sue, they were [/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nas in love as were any two.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd yet Billy had to die..and when you hear the [/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                              [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nreason why, you'll hang your head and cry.[/tab]\r\n\r\n#2.\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]Am[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBilly and Sue met the first day of school and ever [/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nsince lived by the Golden Rule.[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBecause they'll do unto others, what you wouldn't [/tab]\r\n[tab]             [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]    [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nwant done to you..you'd have to be a fool.[/tab]\r\n\r\n#3.\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nThis mutual agreement of love and trust, they would [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\ntravel the road to marriage or bust.[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd when Billy was old enough to take a wife, he was [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nold enough to fight for his country and its way of life.[/tab]\r\n\r\nBRIDGE:\r\n[tab][ch]Bm[/ch]                 [ch]Gbm[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSues' letters came every day..strengthened his cause, [/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Em[/ch]                     [ch]F[/ch]       \r\nthey showed him the way, to fight for his country and [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]Am[/ch]   [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nthe girl he loved..that's a soldier's only pay.[/tab]\r\n\r\n#4.\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]Bm[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBut then Billy heard no more from Sue, he was worried [/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nsick, but what could he do?[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe bullets were screaming as he hugged the ground,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nand back home..Sue was runnin' round.[/tab]\r\n\r\n#5.\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]Bm[/ch]                        [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBilly was gettin' less and less strong, his hope, his fate, [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nwas almost gone.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]A[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd then like a miracle a letter appeared..Billy tore the [/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nletter open and he read, Dear John.[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]                               [ch]Bm[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nA look came over Billy that would scare a ghost..a familiar [/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nlook seen on soldiers coast to coast.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]A[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd even though the air was filled with lead, Billy jumped [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nup..they shot him dead.[/tab]\r\n\r\nOUTRO:\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]Bm[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBilly was buried in a far away grave, it read, for his country, [/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nhis life he gave.[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut that epitaph was only in part..he didn't die from a bullet, [/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nbut he died, from a broken heart.[/tab]\r\n\r\n......D [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] Bm......(Fade.)\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\nA sixties smash from Kraziekhat.","plain_text":"Billy And Sue:BJ Thomas.\n#23 RPM CANADA and #34 on BB Hot 100\non SCEPTER Records in 1966.\n\nINTRO: C Am C Am\n\n#1.\n\n\n\n\n\n#2.\n\n\n\n\n\n#3.\n\n\n\n\n\nBRIDGE:\n\n\n\n\n#4.\n\n\n\n\n\n#5.\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nOUTRO:\n\n\n\n\n\n......D Bm D Bm D Bm......(Fade.)\n\n\n\nA sixties smash from Kraziekhat.","chords":["C","Am","G","F","Bm","Gbm","A","Em","D"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}