Billy Jones Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G]Wel[C]l w[G]e[D][G][C][D]
[G]grew
[C]up together in an urban [G]town[D]
Just me [G]and Billy Jones
[C]always han[G]ging aro[D]und
He was a [G]Mumma's little boy,
he was an only [D]child
His [G]clothes were always [C]neat and his
[G]hair [D]carefully styled
[G][C]

[Verse 2]
[G][D]
All the [G]games we'd play
[C]I couldn't under[G]stand why[D]
I'd [G]have to play the [C]groom
and let [G]Billy be [D]the bride
All [G]those pretty [C]dresses that
[G]he's love [D]to wear
I'd wear a [G]floppy [C]hat Billy
he'd [G]put [D]flowers in his [G]hair[C]
[G]He'd eve[D]n wear my under[G]wear and[C] pu[G]t
[D]flowers in [G]his[C][G][D][G][C]
[D]hair

[Verse 3]
A few [G]years later you [C]know
we kinda drif[G]ted [D]apart
My fam[G]ily moved south
[C]to make a new[G] sta[D]rt
I [G]missed [C]Billy, Mum [G]said that [D]was wrong
[G]Dad said "That [C]boy just don't
[G]know [D]where he belongs"
[G]Whe[C]re [G]doe[D]s he belong?[G][C]
[G][D]

[Interlude 1]
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[C][G][D][G][C][G][D]
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[D][G][C][G][D]
A [G]few years later

[Verse 4]
[C]I was working[G] in [D]a bar
It was [G]smoky and [C]dark,
there was [G]a blues man [D]playing guitar
[G]When in walked a wom[C]an
wear[G]ing emer[D]ald green
With a vo[G]luptuous figure,
[C]she was[G] beautif[D]ul and lea[G]n[C]
[G]She was[D] looking pretty mean
[C][G][D]

[Interlude 2]
[G][C][G][D]
[G][C][G][D]
A full [G]martini

[Verse 5]
[C]shaken not[G] sti[D]rred
It was only un[G]til [C]about
af[G]ter her [D]third
I star[G]ted looking closely,
[C]man [G]I s[D]hould have known!
It was my [G]old friend,
[C]you gue[G]ssed it,[D] Billy Jones[G][C]
Oh [G]my [D]god Billy Jon[G]es![C]
[G]Oh shi[D]t Billy Jon[G]es!
[C][G][D][G][C][G][D]

[Verse 6]
[G]Tears filled our [C]eyes as we
[G]began [D]to speak
He'd been [G]living [C]a lie, a [G]life so [D]discreet
It [G]made me feel [C]sad to hear [G]him [D]say
In a voice [G]so [C]sweet [G]"Honey you [D]can[G][C][G]
[D]call me Jan[G]e"

[Interlude 3]
[C][G][D][G][C][G][D][G]
[C][D]
As [G]the night wore on

[Verse 7]
[C]we spoke
of yes[G]terday[D]
And how [G]Billy has always
[C]known that he was [G]gay[D]
I nev[G]er knew how [C]much
a per[G]son could [D]change
From [G]little Billy [C]Jones to lean,
[G]lus[D]cio[G]us Jane[C][G][D][G]

[Interlude 4]
[C][G][D][G][C][G][D][G]
[C][G][D]
Billy [G]Jane Jones

[Verse 8]
[C]this comes fro[G]m my [D]heart
I [G]hope your nights [C]are filled
with a thousand [G]stars[D]
But don't [G]waste your sweet
[C]ness in [G]the [D]empty air
Cause you don't [G]know how cold [C]and
dark it [G]is [D]out the[G]re
[C][G][D]

[Verse 9]
[C]This [G]is [D]the[G][C][G][D]
ballad of Billy Jane Jones