Slim Dusty – Billy Mac (Guitar)
Capo 4
Key
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Speed:
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Chords
[Intro]
G G G G
[Verse]
G I don't know how it started out D with Billy Mac and me,
We were just two country kids,
G
half wild and runnin' free,We thought we knew an easy road
C that lead to wealth and fame, G So down in the city D G we set out to make our name. A But one night in a alley,
the law stretched out it's arm,
Somehow it was Billy who wound
D up on a prison farm, G But Billy did it easy D it was just the type to pay,
And though I stayed close handy
G
I look forward to the day.When I could get back to the land
C and maybe settle down, G Maybe raise a fam'ly an' start D G plowin' my own ground,
[Chorus]
C Now Billy Mac rides down the street, G in a shiny limousine, C And sittin' close beside him
S
is the current beauty queen.
C For Billy Mac he made it, D he's a big man in the town, G But me? I'm just a country boy, D G plowin' my own ground. G The parole board listened to his case D and finally set him free,
I thought that would be the end of
G
Billy Mac and me.I got my land an' married up
C an' begun to settle down, G 'Til one night in early spring, D G Billy Mac came 'round, A Billy now was wealthy,
he had a lot to say,
About my chance in politics if
D he helped on the way. G He talked of power an' money as D only Billy could,
But I'd become my own man,
G
couldn't see it doin' any good,But Billy laughed and told me,
C what a fool I'd be, G Well I guess that night, D G it was the end of Billy Mac an' me.
[Chorus]
C Now Billy Mac rides down the street, G in a shiny limousine C And sittin' close beside him D is the current beauty queen C Well Billy Mac he made it, D he's a big man in the town, G But me? I'm just a country boy, D G plowin' my own ground. G Things don't last forever, D and Billy had to fight,
To hold his wealth and power,
G
it caught up with him one night,There in another alley,
C a shotgun cut him down, G Billy Mac's no longer, D G a big man in this town.
[Chorus]
C Now Billy Mac rides down the street, G in a shiny limousine C With piles of wreaths and flowers, D the prettiest you have seen, C For Billy Mac he made it, D was a big man in the town, G But me? I'm just a country boy, D G plowin' my own ground. G But me? I'm just a country boy, D G plowin' my own ground, G But me? I'm just a country boy, D G plowin' my own ground.
[fade out]