Big Bad Bill (Is Sweet William Now) Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Em][Gm][D][B][E][A][D][G]
[D][G][A][D]
[Abdim][A]

[Verse 1]
[A]In the [D]town of [F#]Louisville
They [D]got a man they call [B]Big Bad Bill
I want to [E]tell [A]you, he sure was [D]tough
And he [Bm]cer tainly [Em]did strut his s[A]tuff

[Verse 2]
[D]He had folks all [Ebdim]scared to de[Cdim]ath
[A]When he walked by they all
[F#dim]held their brea[Ebdim]th
[A]He was a fighting[B] man[E],
sure [F#]enough[A][B][A][C#dim][A]
Now [Em]Bill got him[G]self [Em]a wife and
he [E]leads a different [A]life

[Verse 3]
'Cause [D]Big Bad Bill is [A]Sweet
William [D]now[E][Em][A]
[D]Married life [A]has [D]changed him
some [F#dim]how
Well, [D]he's the [Em]man the
town used to [Edim]fear
But [Gm]now the [D]people call him
sweet [F#]papa [B]Willie dear
[E]Stronger than [Bm]Sam [E]son I declare
'Til the [A]brown [Aaug]skinned woman
[G]bob[B]bed his[G] hai[A]r

[Verse 4]
[D]Big Bad Bill don't [Em]fight [A]anymore
[D]Wel[Abdim]l,[E][Em][A]
he [D]wash his dishes and he [G]might swob the [F#]floor[C#dim][F#]
Well, he [G]used to spend his evenings
lookin' for [Gm]a fight
[D]Now he gotta see his [A]mama [B]every night
[E]Big Bad Bill is [A]Sweet William [D]now[B]

[Interlude 1]
[E][A][D][A][Aaug][Dm][Fdim][Em][A][D]
[G][D][Em][G][Gm][D][Bm][B][Bm][E][Em][E][A][Aaug][C#dim]
[A][D][A][D][E][A][D][Dm][D][G][F#]
[G][Em][Gm]
[D][B][E][A][D][A][Dm][A][D]
[G][Aaug][D][E][A][D][A][D][G]
[Gm][D][Bm][B][E][D][E][A][Aaug][Dm][Bm]
[A][D][E][Em][A][D][G][F#][G][Abdim]
[Gm][D][A][Bm][E][Abdim][Fdim][Dm][A][D][A][D]
[G]Well, he

[Verse 5]
used to spend his
evenings lookin' [Gm]for a fight
[D]Now he gotta see his mama [B]every night
[E]Big Bad Bill is [A]Sweet Willi

[Outro 1]
am now
[D][G][G][D][Dm][D]