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Billy Bayou

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Dmajor
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[Intro]
D A D
[Verse 1]
DBack about eighteen hundred and some
A Louisiana couple had a Ared-headed Dson
DNo name suited him, Jim, Jack or Joe
They just called him ABilly BaDyou
[Chorus]
GBilly, Billy Bayou, Dwatch where you go
If you're Awalkin' on quicksand, Dwalk slow
GBilly, Billy Bayou, Dwatch what you say
A Apretty girl'll get you oDne of these days
[Solo]
D A D
[Verse 2]
DBilly was a boy, kinda big for his size
Red hair and freckles and Abig blue Deyes
DThirteen years from the day he was born
Billy fought the battle of the Alittle big Dhorn
[Chorus]
GBilly, Billy Bayou, Dwatch where you go
If you're Awalkin' on quicksand, Dwalk slow
GBilly, Billy Bayou, Dwatch what you say
A Apretty girl'll get you Done of these days
[Solo]
D A D
[Verse 3]
DOne sad day Billy cried ho ho
I can lick the feathers off of Agee-ron-Dimo
DHe started off, the chief got mad
This nearly ended our ALouisiana Dlad
[Chorus]
GBilly, Billy Bayou, Dwatch where you go
If you're Awalkin' on quicksand, Dwalk slow
GBilly, Billy Bayou, Dwatch what you say
A Apretty girl'll get you oDne of these days
[Solo]
D A D
[Verse 4]
DOne day in eighteen seventy-eight
A pretty girl walked through ABill's front Dgate
DHe didn't know whether to stand there, or run
He wound up married 'cause he Adidn't either Done
[Chorus]
GBilly, Billy Bayou, Dwatch where you go
If you're Awalkin' on quicksand, Dwalk slow
GBilly, Billy Bayou, Dwatch what you say
A Apretty girl'll get you oDne of these days
A Apretty girl'll get you oDne of these days
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