{"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":54873,"song":"Billy","artist":"Bad Religion","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11540618-billy-chords-by-bad-religion/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/54873?type=chord","rating":4.89204,"votes":17,"content":"------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \r\n------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \r\n\r\n[tab]intro solo: riff: [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] (x2) \r\ne|--------------------------------------------5---3-5-3-8-7-5-3-----3h5-3--| \r\nB|--------------------------------------------------------------6----------| \r\nG|-2---0-2-0-5-4-2-0------0h2-0-0h2-5-4-2-0--------------------------------| \r\nD|-------------------3-----------------------------------------------------| \r\nA|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| \r\nE|-------------------------------------------------------------------------| [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] \r\ni can recall the warm youth of a summer day, yeah [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] \r\nthe sweetest lemonade, the darkest game arcade, [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] \r\nand billy had a yearning in the corner of his mind. [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] \r\nit moved him secretly. it moved him powerfully. [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] \r\nbut prescience was lacking and the present was not all [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] \r\nand his aptitudes were carelessly wasted. [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] \r\nand challenging life with the abandon of a fool [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] \r\nhe squandered the hours of his day. [/tab]\r\n\r\nINTRO RIFF \r\n\r\nthen darkness and disorder slapped him sharply in the face, yeah. \r\nit hit him like a friend, struck something deep within. \r\nhe couldn't break the chain of slow decay that seemed to drag him \r\njust like a fatal tie toward the other side. \r\n\r\nand billy was a lunatic, just barking at the moon, \r\nand his brain was totally wasted. \r\nhe then exchanged his friends for a needle and a spoon \r\nand he threw his future away. \r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] \r\nbolt the door and throw away the key. [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]E[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] \r\nyour dim reflection is all that you can see. [/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] \r\nso where is the justice when no one is at fault [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] \r\nand a human life is tragically wasted? [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] \r\nhow fragile is the flame that burns within us all [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] \r\nto light each passing day? [/tab]\r\n\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]C[/ch] [ch]B[/ch] \r","plain_text":"------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \n------------------------------------------------------------------------------- \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nINTRO RIFF \n\nthen darkness and disorder slapped him sharply in the face, yeah. \nit hit him like a friend, struck something deep within. \nhe couldn't break the chain of slow decay that seemed to drag him \njust like a fatal tie toward the other side. \n\nand billy was a lunatic, just barking at the moon, \nand his brain was totally wasted. \nhe then exchanged his friends for a needle and a spoon \nand he threw his future away. \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nG C B","chords":["A","G","F","B","D","E","C"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"B":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,2,3,4,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,4,2]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"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]}}}