{"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":2111751,"song":"Billy Overcame His Size","artist":"Merle Haggard","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/2111751-billy-overcame-his-size-chords-by-merle-haggard/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2111751?type=chord","rating":4.61547,"votes":5,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]        \r\nBilly never made the football team, [/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]G7[/ch]\r\n'Cause Billy's size was small.[/tab]\r\n\r\nBut Billy's brother was a mighty lad,\r\n[tab]                                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd played a lot of high school ball.[/tab]\r\n\r\nAnd Billy's daddy never favoured him,\r\n[tab]   [ch]C7[/ch]                    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nHe catered to the bigger guys,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut later on, in a bigger way,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G7[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBilly overcame his size.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe years flew by, and Billy grew,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nBut he never got very big.[/tab]\r\n\r\nWe called him shorty but he never got mad,\r\n[tab]                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe was always good for a dig.[/tab]\r\n\r\nAnd we payed no mind when he fell in line,\r\n[tab]    [ch]C7[/ch]                  [ch]F[/ch]                    \r\nAnd left with the other guys.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd the sergeant laughed at his skinny frame,[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G7[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut Billy overcame his size.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]             \r\nBilly overcame his size,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nYeah, Billy overcame his size.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nLater on, in a bigger way,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBilly overcame his size.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]\r\nBilly's brother made a football star,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                       [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nAnd the biggest man in town.[/tab]\r\n\r\nAnd the scholarship that kept him home\r\n[tab]                          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNever seemed to bring him down.[/tab]\r\n\r\nBut on the other hand his brother Bill,\r\n[tab]    [ch]C7[/ch]                   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nPut pride in his Daddy's eyes.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhen he died to save those other men,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G7[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBilly overcame his size.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nBilly overcame his size,[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nYeah, Billy overcame his size.[/tab]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nWhen he died to save those other men,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBilly overcame his size.[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\n\n\n\nBut Billy's brother was a mighty lad,\n\n\nAnd Billy's daddy never favoured him,\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nWe called him shorty but he never got mad,\n\n\nAnd we payed no mind when he fell in line,\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nAnd the scholarship that kept him home\n\n\nBut on the other hand his brother Bill,","chords":["C","G7","C7","F","Am"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"C7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,4,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,3,1,0]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,2,0,0,0,1],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,1]}}}