Ballad Of Billie Sol Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][C][G]
[D][G][C][G][D]
[G]

[Verse 1]
Billie Sol was [G]a man
From the gi[C]ant Texas [G]land
He put the Chamber of
Commerce [D]on a limb
They [G]voted him the best
And the gov[C]ernment did no [G]less
'Til the I.O.U.'s of [D]Texas fell on [G]him

[Verse 2]
Stand [C]tall, Billie Sol,
we don't [G]know you at all
We've taken down your
pictures [D]from the wall
Well, [G]we don't want to handle
an ag[C]riculture scandal
We have [G]got [D]to face elections in the fall
[G]

[Verse 3]
Oh, I remember when
Bill had [C]influential [G]friends
He celebrated Christmas every [D]day
He filled [G]several Texas banks
with his [C]fertilizer tanks
Influential [G]friends don't die,
they [D]only fade [G]away

[Verse 4]
Stand [C]tall, Billie Sol,
we don't [G]know you at all
We've taken down your
pictures [D]from the wall
Well, [G]we don't want to handle
an ag[C]riculture scandal
We have [G]got to face elec[D]tions in the fall
[G]

[Verse 5]
The Democrats deny
And [C]Orville Freeman sighs
He said, [G]"Everyone around
was fair and [D]square"
But [G]he was no more convincing
Than [C]Ezra Taft Benson
As [G]resigna[D]tions cropped
up every[G]where
Stand [C]tall, Billie Sol,

[Verse 6]
[C]
we don't [G]know you at all
We've taken down your
pictures [D]from the wall
Well, [G]we don't want to handle
an ag[C]riculture scandal
We have [G]got to face elec[D]tions in [G]the fall

[Verse 7]
And [G]now I'd like to say
That [C]crime sure doesn't pay
But if you [G]want to make
some money on [D]the sly
Well [G]you can always rent
[C]The US Government
It's the be[G]st one that [D]money can [G]buy

[Verse 8]
Stand [C]tall, Billie Sol,
we don't [G]know you at all
We've take down your
pictures [D]from the wall
Well, [G]we don't want to handle
an ag[C]riculture scandal
We have [G]got [D]to face elections in [G]the fall