Billy the Bum - John Prine Chords
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F C
Billy the bum lived by the thumb and sang of the hobo's delight
C
He'd prove he could run twice as fast as the sun
F
By losing his shadow at night
F
Now he loved every girl in this curly headed world
Bb
But no one will know it seems
Bb F
For two twisted legs and a childhood disease
C F
Left Billy just a bum in his dreams
Bb F C F
And he was just a gentle boy, A real florescent light
Bb F C
Cried pennies on Sunday morning, Laughs nickels on Saturday night
F Bb
And your bullets they can't harm him Nor your knives tear him apart
F C F
Humiliation killed him God bless his little heart
F
Now he lived all alone In a run down home
F C
Near the side of the old railroad track
C
Where the trains used to run Carrying freight by the ton
F
And blow the whistle as Billy'd wave back
F
But the children around Billy's home town
F Bb
Seemed to have nothin' better to do
Bb F
Then run around his house With their tongues from their mouth
C F
And make fun of that cripped old fool
F
Now some folks they wait And some folks they pray
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