The Ballad Of Conley And Billy Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Gsus4][Gm][F][Gm][C][Gm][C][Gm][C][Gm][F][C]
[F][Bb][G][F][G]
[F]

[Verse 1]
[G]Screamin' whitewall tires and a guitar by his [Dm]side[Em]
[F]Billy's got the fever as [C]he roll
s on through the light
[G]Some were born to listen,
some were born [Dm]to play
[F]He was lightnin' on the high
strings and [D]thunder on the bass
[G]He could play it

[Verse 2]
[C]high
He could play it [G]low
He could make it [C]cry
He could make it [G]moan
[Em]Billy knew when push came [C]to shove

[Interlude 1]
Proof is in the pickin'
[C][Bb][G][F][Gm][G][C]

[Verse 3]
In a [G]smoky little tavern just
off of Bourbon [Dm]Street[C]
To[F]bacco- stained fingers
waited [C]on the down beat
[G]Conley was the master,
the undisputed [Dm]king[C]
He [F]ruled the town for thirty years
with an [D]army of six [G]strings

[Verse 4]
He could play it [C]high
He could play it [G]low
He could make [C]it cry
He could make [G]it moan[Em]
Conley knew when push came [C]to shove
Proof is in the [F]pickin'

[Verse 5]
[A]Oh some time after midnight Billy drives
through New [Em]Or leans
[G]Straight to the French Quarter
there's [D]a man he has to see
[G]The mus[A]ic is a- ragin' like
a city that's [Em]on fire
Billy [G]felt just like an altar boy
[D]at the feet of a higher power

[Verse 6]
[F#m]Conley watched as Billy walked
across the room
[D]Opened his case, [E]started to tune
The [F#m]whole club was silent and
the lights were turned down low
[A]Billy ste[D]pped up on the stage and Conley whi[Em]spered,
[C]"Go [G]son, [Gm]go"[C]

[Interlude 2]
[G][C][G][F][G]
[Dm]Yeah![C][G][F][G]
Come on [C]boys![G][C][G]
[Em][C][F]

[Verse 7]
[Bb][G]
[C]He could play it high
He could play it [G]low
He could make it [C]cry
He could make [G]it moan
[Em]Billy knew when push came [C]to shove
Proof is in the [Bb]pickin'

[Verse 8]
[G]Conley held his hand up,
no one made [Dm]a sound
And he [F]handed Bill his old archtop and
[D]stepped into [G]the crowd
Billy [Gm]played it [C]soft
Billy played it [G]sad
Then he made [C]it talk
In came the band
[G][D]

[Verse 9]
[C][G]
[Em]Soon the room was shakin'
before Billy's wall of sound
[C]Just a block off Bourbon [D]Street
A new king's been [G]crowned

[Verse 10]
And he plays it [C]high
And he plays it [G]low
He can make it [C]cry
He can make it [G]moan
[Em]He knows when push comes to shove
[C]The proof is in the pickin'

[Outro 1]
[C][C][C][Bb]