{"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":588701,"song":"Billy The Bum","artist":"John Prine","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/588701-billy-the-bum-chords-by-john-prine/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/588701?type=chord","rating":5,"votes":34,"content":"----------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n                        Billy the Bum - John Prine\r\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\r\n\r\nTabbed by: Dave S.\r\nEmail: Dlgibson@netscape.com\r\n\r\nTuning: Standard\r\n\r\nArtist: John Prine\r\nAlbum: Diamonds in the Rough\r\nYear: 1972\r\n\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]Bb[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]\r\n[ch]F[/ch]   [ch]C[/ch]  [ch]F[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                                                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBilly the bum lived by the thumb and sang of the hobo's delight[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe'd prove he could run twice as fast as the sun[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBy losing his shadow at night[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nNow he loved every girl in this curly headed world[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nBut no one will know it seems[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bb[/ch]                     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nFor two twisted legs and a childhood disease[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nLeft Billy just a bum in his dreams[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bb[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd he was just a gentle boy, a real florescent light[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Bb[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]                                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nCried pennies on Sunday morning, laughed nickels on Saturday night[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]                                                      [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nAnd your bullets they can't harm him, nor your knives tear him apart[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Bb[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]\r\nHumiliation killed him, God bless his little heart[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nNow he lived all alone in a run down home[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nNear the side of the old railroad track[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWhere the trains used to run, carrying freight by the ton[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                     [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd blow the whistle as Billy'd wave back[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nBut the children around Billy's home town[/tab]\r\n[tab]                                 [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nSeemed to have nothin' better to do[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Bb[/ch]                              [ch]F[/ch]\r\nThan run around his house with their tongues from their mouth[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]C[/ch]                       [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd make fun of that cripped old fool[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bb[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nAnd he was just a gentle boy, a real florescent light[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Bb[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]                                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nCried pennies on Sunday morning, laughed nickels on Saturday night[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]                                                      [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nAnd your bullets they can't harm him, nor your knives tear him apart[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Bb[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]\r\nHumiliation killed him, God bless his little heart[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nNow some folks a-wait and some folks a-pray[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nFor Jesus to rise up again[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut none of these folks in their holy cloaks[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nEver took Billy on as a friend[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]\r\nFor pity's a crime and it ain't worth a dime[/tab]\r\n[tab]                            [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nTo a person who's really in need[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]Bb[/ch]                        [ch]F[/ch]\r\nJust treat 'em the same as you would your own name[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]                              [ch]F[/ch]\r\nNext time that your heart starts to bleed[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]    [ch]Bb[/ch]            [ch]F[/ch]             [ch]C[/ch]               [ch]F[/ch]\r\nFor he was just a gentle boy, a real florescent light[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]Bb[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]                                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nCried pennies on Sunday morning, laughed nickels on Saturday night[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F[/ch]                                                      [ch]Bb[/ch]\r\nAnd your bullets they can't harm him, nor your knives tear him apart[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]Bb[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]               [ch]C[/ch]                [ch]F[/ch]\r\nHumiliation killed him, God bless his little heart[/tab]","plain_text":"----------------------------------------------------------------------------\n                        Billy the Bum - John Prine\n----------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nTabbed by: Dave S.\nEmail: Dlgibson@netscape.com\n\nTuning: Standard\n\nArtist: John Prine\nAlbum: Diamonds in the Rough\nYear: 1972\n\n\n[Intro]\nBb  F\nF   C  F\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["Bb","F","C"],"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]}}}