{"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":2088129,"song":"Billy Boy","artist":"The Almanac Singers","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11453875-billy-boy-chords-by-the-almanac-singers/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2088129?type=chord","rating":0,"votes":0,"content":"Tuning - Standard\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nWill you go to the war, Billy boy, Billy boy?[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWill you go to the war, charmin' Billy?[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIt's a long ways away, they are dying every day.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe's a young boy and cannot leave his mother.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\nCan you use a bayonet, Billy boy, Billy boy?\r\n[tab]                                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nCan you use a bayonet, charming Billy?[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNo, I haven't got the skill to murder and to kill...[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe's a young boy and cannot leave his mother.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nDon't you want a silver medal, Billy boy, Billy boy?[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nDon't you want a silver medal, charlin'  Billy?[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]                            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNo desire do I feel to defend Republic Steel...[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe's a young boy and cannot leave his mother.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nDon't you want to see the world, Billy boy, Billy boy?[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nDon't you want to see the world, charmin' Billy?[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]                                            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNo, it wouldn't be much thrill to die for Dupont in Brazil...[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe's a young boy and cannot leave his mother.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nGirls would like your uniform, Billy boy, Billy boy.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nGirls would like your uniform, charlin' Billy.[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]F[/ch]                                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThey wouldn't get much chance to love me with six feet of earth above me...[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe's a young boy and cannot leave his mother.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nAre you afraid to fight, Billy boy, Billy boy?[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAre you afraid to fight, charling Billy?[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]                                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nYou can come around to me when England's a democracy...[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe's a young boy and cannot leave his mother.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 7]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nWill they take you from my side, Billy boy, Billy boy?[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWill they take you from my side, charming Billy?[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F[/ch]                                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nDon't you worry, mother dear, I'm a-stayin' over here...[/tab]\r\n[tab]                     [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe's a young boy and cannot leave his mother.[/tab]","plain_text":"Tuning - Standard\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\nCan you use a bayonet, Billy boy, Billy boy?\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 7]","chords":["C","G","F"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"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]}}}