Billy Mac
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Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: GCapotraste:
4th traste
[Intro]
G G G G
[Verse]
G
I don't know how it started out
D
with Billy Mac and me,
We were just two country kids,
G
half wild and runnin' free,
We thought we knew an easy road
C
that lead to wealth and fame,
G
So down in the city
D G
we set out to make our name.
A
But one night in a alley,
the law stretched out it's arm,
Somehow it was Billy who wound
D
up on a prison farm,
G
But Billy did it easy
D
it was just the type to pay,
And though I stayed close handy
G
I look forward to the day.
When I could get back to the land
C
and maybe settle down,
G
Maybe raise a fam'ly an' start
D G
plowin' my own ground,
[Chorus]
C
Now Billy Mac rides down the street,
G
in a shiny limousine,
C
And sittin' close beside him
S
is the current beauty queen.
C
For Billy Mac he made it,
D
he's a big man in the town,
G
But me? I'm just a country boy,
D G
plowin' my own ground.
G
The parole board listened to his case
D
and finally set him free,
I thought that would be the end of
G
Billy Mac and me.
I got my land an' married up
C
an' begun to settle down,
G
'Til one night in early spring,
D G
Billy Mac came 'round,
A
Billy now was wealthy,
he had a lot to say,
About my chance in politics if
D
he helped on the way.
G
He talked of power an' money as
D
only Billy could,
But I'd become my own man,
G
couldn't see it doin' any good,
But Billy laughed and told me,
C
what a fool I'd be,
G
Well I guess that night,
D G
it was the end of Billy Mac an' me.
[Chorus]
C
Now Billy Mac rides down the street,
G
in a shiny limousine
C
And sittin' close beside him
D
is the current beauty queen
C
Well Billy Mac he made it,
D
he's a big man in the town,
G
But me? I'm just a country boy,
D G
plowin' my own ground.
G
Things don't last forever,
D
and Billy had to fight,
To hold his wealth and power,
G
it caught up with him one night,
There in another alley,
C
a shotgun cut him down,
G
Billy Mac's no longer,
D G
a big man in this town.
[Chorus]
C
Now Billy Mac rides down the street,
G
in a shiny limousine
C
With piles of wreaths and flowers,
D
the prettiest you have seen,
C
For Billy Mac he made it,
D
was a big man in the town,
G
But me? I'm just a country boy,
D G
plowin' my own ground.
G
But me? I'm just a country boy,
D G
plowin' my own ground,
G
But me? I'm just a country boy,
D G
plowin' my own ground.
[fade out]
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