{"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":73401,"song":"Billy Dee","artist":"Kris Kristofferson","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11545924-billy-dee-chords-by-kris-kristofferson/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/73401?type=chord","rating":4.70584,"votes":45,"content":"[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                            [ch]C/G[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBilly Dee was seventeen when he turned twenty-one[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                    [ch]A7[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nFooling with some foolish things he could've left alone[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                          [ch]C/G[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut he had to try to satisfy a thirst he couldn't name[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                   [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nDriven towards the darkness by the devil in his veins[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C/G[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAll around the honky tonks,searching for a sign[/tab]\r\n[tab]                              [ch]A7[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]\r\nGettin' by on gettin' high on women,words and wine[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                               [ch]C/G[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSome folks called him crazy,Lord,and others called him free[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                    [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nBut we just called us lucky for the love of Billy Dee[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]  [ch]C/G[/ch]                      [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nBusy goin' his own way and speakin' his own words[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]D7[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFacin' and forgettin' every warnin' that he heard[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C/G[/ch]                            [ch]F[/ch]              [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nMakin' friends and takin' any crazy chance he could[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                     [ch]G[/ch]                [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nGettin' busted for the bad times and believin' in the good[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]F[/ch]                         [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nBilly took a beatin' from a world he meant no harm[/tab]\r\n[tab]                             [ch]D7[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe score was written in the scars up on his arm[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C/G[/ch]                        [ch]F[/ch]                [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nSome felt he was payin' for the life he tried to lead[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                  [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]C/G[/ch]\r\nBut all we felt was sorry for our good friend Billy Dee[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]   [ch]A[/ch]                             [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nIt may be his soul bigger than a body's oughta be[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                           [ch]B7[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]\r\nSingin' songs and bringin' laughter to the likes of you and me[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]A[/ch]                                       [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nCause the world he saw was sadder than the one he hoped to find[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                      [ch]E[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBut it wasn't near as lonesome as the one he left behind[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                          [ch]A[/ch]\r\nYesterday they found him on the floor of his hotel[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                      [ch]B7[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]\r\nReachin' towards the needle,Lord,that drove him down to hell[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]A[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]A[/ch]\r\nSome folks called it suicide,others blame the speed[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                    [ch]E[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBut we all called it crucified when Billy Dee O.D.'d[/tab]\r","plain_text":"[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]","chords":["G","C/G","A7","D","F","D7","A","B7","E"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"B7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,1,3,0,4],"frets":[-1,2,1,2,0,2]},"C/G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,4,2,0,1,0],"frets":[3,3,2,0,1,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]},"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]}}}