Chords
Billy Bones

Key: F

Introduction:

difficulty
very easy |||||
 F                                                 Bb 
Billy ran around with the rare old crew
               F               C                     F 
And he knew an Arsenal from Tottenham blue
                     F                   Bb                 F         C 
We'd be a darn sight better off if we knew
 F                                             Bb 
Where Billy's bones are resting now
 F                                                         Bb 
Billy saw a copper and he hit him in the knee
               F               C                     F 
And he took him down from six foot to five foot three
                     F                   Bb                 F         C 
Then he hit him fair and square in the do-re-mi
 F                                             Bb 
That copper won't be having any family
 Bb                                                             F                                           C 
Hey Billy son where are you now, don't you know that we need you now
             F     Bb                 F             C     F                                             Bb 
With aratata and the old kow-tow where are Billy's bones resting now
 F                                                 Bb 
Billy went away with the peace-keeping force
               F               C                     F 
'Cause he liked a bloody good fight of course
 F                   Bb                     F         C 
Went away in an old khaki van
 F                                             Bb 
to the banks of the river Jordan
 F                                                 Bb 
Billy saw the Arabs and he had 'em on the run
               F               C                     F 
When he got 'em in the range of his sub-machine gun
                     F                   Bb                 F         C 
Then he had the Israelis in his sights,
 F                                             Bb 
went a ra-ta-ta And they ran like Shiites
 Bb                                                             F                                           C 
Hey Billy son where are you now, don't you know that we need you now
             F     Bb                 F             C     F                                             Bb 
With aratata and the old kow-tow where are Billy's bones resting now
Intro Melody (2x)
 Bb                                                             F                                           C 
Hey Billy son where are you now, don't you know that we need you now
             F     Bb                 F             C     F                                             Bb 
With aratata and the old kow-tow where are Billy's bones resting now
 F                                                         Bb 
One night Billy had a rare old time,
               F               C                     F 
Laughing and singing on the Lebanon line
                     F                   Bb                 F         C 
Came back to camp not looking too pretty
 F                                             Bb 
Never even got to see the Holy City
         F                                               Bb 
Now Billy's out there in the desert sun
                 F                                         C 
And his mother cries when the morning comes
                         F             Bb                 F                 C 
And there's mothers crying all over this world
 F                                             Bb 
For their poor dead darling boys and girls
 Bb                                                             F                                           C 
Hey Billy son where are you now, don't you know that we need you now
             F     Bb                 F             C     F                                             Bb 
With aratata and the old kow-tow where are Billy's bones resting now
 F                       Bb   F     C 
Have a Billy holiday
 F                 Bb  F     C 
Born on a Monday
 F                       Bb   F     C 
Married on a Tuesday
 F                   Bb       F     C 
Drunk on a Wednesday
         F                       Bb     F     C 
Got plugged on a Thursday
 F                 Bb  F     C 
Sick on a Friday
 F                 Bb     F     C 
Died on a Saturday
 F                                     Bb  C  F 
Buried on a Sunday