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Billy Boy

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Tuning - Standard
[Verse 1]
Oh, Cwhere have you been, Billy Boy, Billy Boy?
Oh, where have you been,  charmin' G7Billy?
I have been to seek a wife, shes the Cjoy of my life
She's a young thing and G7cannot leave her Cmother.
[Verse 2]
Did she Cask you to come in, Billy boy, Billy boy?
Did she ask you to come in, charming G7Billy?
Yes, she ask me to come in, there's a Cdimple on her chin
She's a young thing and G7cannot leave her Cmother.
[Verse 3]
How Cold is she, Billy boy, Billy boy?
How old is she, charming  G7Billy?
Three times six and four times seven, twenty Ceight and eleven
She's a young thing G7and cannot leave heCr mother.

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Billy Boy

by Misc Traditional

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Tuning - Standard

[Verse 1]

Oh, where have you been, Billy Boy, Billy Boy?

Oh, where have you been, charmin' Billy?

I have been to seek a wife, shes the joy of my life

G7 C

She's a young thing and cannot leave her mother.

[Verse 2]

Did she ask you to come in, Billy boy, Billy boy?

Did she ask you to come in, charming Billy?

Yes, she ask me to come in, there's a dimple on her chin

G7 C

She's a young thing and cannot leave her mother.

[Verse 3]

How old is she, Billy boy, Billy boy?

How old is she, charming Billy?

Three times six and four times seven, twenty eight and eleven

G7 C

She's a young thing and cannot leave her mother.

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