Billy The Bum Chords

Standard (EADGBE)

Intro

A♯ F

F C F

FBilly the bum lived by the thumb and sang of the hobo's deClight

He'd Cprove he could run twice as fast as the sun

By losing his shadow at Fnight

Now he Floved every girl in this curly headed world

But no one will know it A♯seems

For A♯two twisted legs and a Fchildhood disease

Left CBilly just a bum in his Fdreams

Chorus

And A♯he was just a Fgentle boy, A Creal florescent Flight

Cried A♯pennies on Sunday Fmorning, Laughs nickels on Saturday Cnight

And your Fbullets they can't harm him Nor your knives tear him aA♯part

Humiliation Fkilled him God Cbless his little Fheart

Now he Flived all alone In a run down home

Near the Fside of the old railroad Ctrack

Where the Ctrains used to run Carrying freight by the ton

And blow the whistle as Billy'd wave Fback

But the Fchildren around Billy's home town

Seemed to Fhave nothin' better to A♯do

Then A♯run around his house With their Ftongues from their mouth

And make Cfun of that cripped old Ffool

(Repeat chorus)

Now Fsome folks they wait And some folks they pray

For Jesus to rise up Cagain, But none of these folks

In their holy cloaks Ever took Billy on as a Ffriend

For Fpity's a crime And it ain't worth a dime

To a person who's really in A♯need

Just A♯treat em the same As you Fwould your own name

Next Ctime that your heart starts to Fbleed