{"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":1959403,"song":"Billy Bayou","artist":"Jim Reeves","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11438192-billy-bayou-chords-by-jim-reeves/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1959403?type=chord","rating":4.93391,"votes":27,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nBack about eighteen hundred and some[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nA Louisiana couple had a red-headed son[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nNo name suited him, Jim, Jack or Joe[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThey just called him Billy Bayou[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBilly, Billy Bayou, watch where you go[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]A[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIf you're walkin' on quicksand, walk slow[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBilly, Billy Bayou, watch what you say[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]A[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nA pretty girl'll get you one of these days[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Solo]\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                              \r\nBilly was a boy, kinda big for his size[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch] \r\nRed hair and freckles and big blue eyes[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nThirteen years from the day he was born[/tab]\r\n[tab]                               [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBilly fought the battle of the little big horn[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBilly, Billy Bayou, watch where you go[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]A[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIf you're walkin' on quicksand, walk slow[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBilly, Billy Bayou, watch what you say[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]A[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nA pretty girl'll get you one of these days[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Solo]\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nOne sad day Billy cried ho ho[/tab]\r\n[tab]                               [ch]A[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI can lick the feathers off of gee-ron-imo[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe started off, the chief got mad[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThis nearly ended our Louisiana lad[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBilly, Billy Bayou, watch where you go[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]A[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIf you're walkin' on quicksand, walk slow[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBilly, Billy Bayou, watch what you say[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]A[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nA pretty girl'll get you one of these days[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Solo]\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\n \r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nOne day in eighteen seventy-eight[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nA pretty girl walked through Bill's front gate[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe didn't know whether to stand there, or run[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]A[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe wound up married 'cause he didn't either one[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBilly, Billy Bayou, watch where you go[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]A[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nIf you're walkin' on quicksand, walk slow[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nBilly, Billy Bayou, watch what you say[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]A[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nA pretty girl'll get you one of these days[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]A[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]\r\nA pretty girl'll get you one of these days[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nD A D\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Solo]\nD A D\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Solo]\nD A D\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Solo]\nD A D\n \n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["D","A","G"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}