Merle Haggard – Billy Overcame His Size (Guitar)

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[Intro]

C        
Billy never made the football team, 

                        G7
'Cause Billy's size was small.

But Billy's brother was a mighty lad,

                                C
And played a lot of high school ball.

And Billy's daddy never favoured him,

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He catered to the bigger guys,

                   C
But later on, in a bigger way,

G7                 C
Billy overcame his size.

    C
The years flew by, and Billy grew,

                      G7
But he never got very big.

We called him shorty but he never got mad,

                         C
He was always good for a dig.

And we payed no mind when he fell in line,

    C7                  F                    
And left with the other guys.

                                C
And the sergeant laughed at his skinny frame,

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But Billy overcame his size.

F             
Billy overcame his size,

      C                  Am
Yeah, Billy overcame his size.

C              G7
Later on, in a bigger way,

                   C
Billy overcame his size.

C
Billy's brother made a football star,

                       G7
And the biggest man in town.

And the scholarship that kept him home

                          C
Never seemed to bring him down.

But on the other hand his brother Bill,

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Put pride in his Daddy's eyes.

                           C
When he died to save those other men,

G7                 C
Billy overcame his size.

F
Billy overcame his size,

      C                  Am
Yeah, Billy overcame his size.

                           G7
When he died to save those other men,

                   C
Billy overcame his size.