Tom Jones – Ballad Of Billy Joe (Guitar)
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[ A Capella Intro]
F
I'm the man their gonna hang for killing Billie JoeBut there's a whole lot more to the story than they know
Listen to my side of it and I think that you will see
The reason that I killed the boy that made a fool of me
[Intro]
F C
[Verse]
F There was a girl named Mary Anne Bb C F C And Mary Anne meant all the world to me F We planned to get married Bb C F We set the date the wedding was to be
[Chorus]
Bb C But I walked up to her house one night Bb C F And out there on the front porch they sat Bb C F C And then I swore he'd never get away with that
[Verse 2]
F Bb C F C Billie Joe took Mary Anne and went up to the dance hall one night F Bb C F They didn't know that I was standing back there in the shadows out of sight
[Chorus 2]
Bb C Bb C F They sat down at a table and she smiled as he gave her hand the pat Bb C F F7 And then I swore he'd never get away with that
[Bridge]
Bb Eb F Bb I swore he'd never get away with breaking my heart C G C I knew that there was just one way to keep them apart
[Verse 3]
F Bb Everybody says his mother begged him C F C Not to take his guns to town F He should have listened to her Bb C F She knew that I was gonna shoot him down
[Chorus 3]
Bb C Bb C F I'll be hung tomorrow just because I had to kill that little rat Bb C F But I swore he'd never get away with that Bb C F Bb F And Billie Joe didn't get away with that