Chord/Tab song: Billy

By Daniel McHugh

Can be played easier with capo on 4th fret though
i.e. the used chords G#m B and F# would change to
[(Em)(G)] [(D)]

Intro

[G#m] [B] [F#]

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Verse 1

[G#m]Billy's[B] leaving t[F#]oday (don't know where he's going).
[G#m]Holds his he[B]ad in disg[F#]race (he can't escape the truth).
[G#m]He knows the price[B] that he's paid.[F#]
He admits that it's too
[G#m]Late to[B] admit that he's afrai[F#]d.

Chorus
Tomorrow [B]comes. Sorrow [G#m]becomes his soul[F#] mate.
The damage is [B]done. The prodigal [G#m]son is too late[F#].
Old [G#m]doors are closed but [B]he's always [F#]open,
To relive [G#m]time in his mind[B].[F#]
Oh Billy.

[G#m] [B] [F#]

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Verse 2

[G#m]Billy's l[B]eaving [E]today (don't know where he's going).
[G#m]He's got [B]lines on his [E]face (they tell the story of his pain).
[G#m]He a[B]ccepts it's his [F#]fate.
He admits it took too
[G#m]Long to [B]admit that he was [F#]wrong.

Chorus
Tomorrow [B]comes. Sorrow [G#m]becomes his soul[F#] mate.
The damage is [B]done. The prodigal [G#m]son is too late[F#].
Old [G#m]doors are closed but [B]he's always [F#]open,
To relive [G#m]time in his mind[B].[F#]
Oh Billy.

[G#m] [B] [F#]

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Bridge
[G#m]Once he was a lover [B]sleeping with another.
[F#]Now he's just known as a cheat.
And he [G#m]wish he'd had a mirror; [B]looked a little clearer.
[F#]Seen into the eyes of the weak.

[G#m]Once he was a lover [B]sleeping with another.
[F#]Now he's just known as a cheat.
And he [G#m]wish he'd had a mirror; [B]looked a little clearer.
[F#]Seen into the eyes of the weak.

Chorus
Tomorrow [B]comes. Sorrow [G#m]becomes his soul[F#] mate.
The damage is [B]done. The prodigal [G#m]son is too late[F#].
Old [G#m]doors are closed but [B]he's always [F#]open,
To relive [G#m]time in his mind[B].[F#]
Oh Billy.

[G#m] [B] [F#]

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Oh Billy

[G#m] [B] [F#]

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