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Billy by Bad Religion
Billy
intro/solo
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main riff: A G F G (x2)
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i can recall the warm youth of a summer day, yeah
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the sweetest lemonade, the darkest game arcade,
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and billy had a yearning in the corner of his mind.
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it moved him secretly. it moved him powerfully.
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but prescience was lacking and the present was all
Chorus: F C G A
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and his aptitudes were carelessly wasted.
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and challenging life with the abandon of a fool
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he squandered the hours of his day.
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(Play Solo riff)
2nd Verse (Play Main Riff)
then darkness and disorder slapped him sharply in the face, yeah.
it hit him like a friend, struck something deep within.
he couldn't break the chain of slow decay that seemed to drag him
just like a fatal tie toward the other side.
2nd Chorus (Play Chorus Progression)
and billy was a lunatic, just barking at the moon,
and his brain was totally wasted.
he then exchanged his friends for a needle and a spoon
and he threw his future away.
Bridge:
bolt the door and throw away the key.
E G E G
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your dim reflection is all that you can see.
E G E G
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(Play Chorus Progression)
so where is the justice when no one is at fault
and a human life is tragically wasted?
how fragile is the flame that burns within us all
to light each passing day?
Ending Chords
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Verse 1:
(Open chords, down strum once)
G F C G
a crack developed and a name blew in
G F C G
billy gnosis, weak and thin
G F C G
he moved to california to start a new life
G F C G
Cuz back in his hometown he just killed his wife
(Palm mute bar chords)
G... F... C... G...
he started drinking heavy back then
G... F... C... G...
he starting eating things that made his head trim
G... F... C... G...
then his brain became a factory
G... F... C... G
for making chemicals that shouldn't be
Chorus 1:
(Bar chords, down strum once)
G F C G
oh billy couldn't remember his name
G F C G
billy gnosis was going insane
G F C G
and soaked in blue light he played and played
G (let ring) C G
i can still hear that sound he made...
Bridge:
(down strum twice then palm mute)
G-G...F-F...C-C...G-G...
G-G...F-F...C-C...G-G...
Verse 2:
(same as verse 1)
billy burned his phone and blew up his car
he sat and watched t.v. and played the guitar
and read a book that made his head spin
how could he have known that there were worms within?
and the worms ate into his brain
through his eyes and through his ears they came
they left their home so they'd multiply
and feed on billy's chemicals in paradise.
Chorus 2:
(same as chorus 1)
oh billy couldn't remember his name
our unsung hero had gone insane
and soaked in blue light he played and played
the only thing that killed the worms: my brain
(repeat bridge then fade to improv solo)
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version 2
intro solo: riff: A G F G (x2)
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D|-------------------3-----------------------------------------------------|
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A G
i can recall the warm youth of a summer day, yeah
F G
the sweetest lemonade, the darkest game arcade,
A G
and billy had a yearning in the corner of his mind.
F G
it moved him secretly. it moved him powerfully.
F C G A
but prescience was lacking and the present was not all
F C G
and his aptitudes were carelessly wasted.
F C G A
and challenging life with the abandon of a fool
F G A
he squandered the hours of his day.
INTRO RIFF
then darkness and disorder slapped him sharply in the face, yeah.
it hit him like a friend, struck something deep within.
he couldn't break the chain of slow decay that seemed to drag him
just like a fatal tie toward the other side.
and billy was a lunatic, just barking at the moon,
and his brain was totally wasted.
he then exchanged his friends for a needle and a spoon
and he threw his future away.
E G E G
bolt the door and throw away the key.
E G E G
your dim reflection is all that you can see.
F C G A
so where is the justice when no one is at fault
F C G
and a human life is tragically wasted?
F C G A
how fragile is the flame that burns within us all
F G A
to light each passing day?
G C B
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