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