Тональность: F major•
Intro 1
F
Gm
F
C
F
Verse 1
F
Billy,
the bum lived by the thumb
And sang of the hobo's delight
C
He'd prove he could run
Twice as fast as the sun
F
By losing his shadow at night
Now he loved every girl
In this curly headed world
Bb
But no one will know it seems
For two twisted legs and
C
Left Billy just a bum in his dreams
F
Verse 2
Bb
F
And he was just a gentle boy
C
F
A real fluorescent light
Bb
F
Cried pennies on Sunday morning
C
Laughs nickels on Saturday night
F
And your bullets, they can't harm him
Bb
Nor your knives tear him apart
Gm
F
Humiliation killed him
C
God bless his little heart
Interlude 1
F
Bb
F
C
F
Verse 3
F
lived all alone in a run down home
C
Near the side of the old railroad track
Where the trains used to run
Carryin' freight by the ton
F
Blow the whistle as Billy'd wave back
But the children around
Billy's home town
Bb
Seemed to have nothin' better to do
Then run around his house
F
With their tongues from their mouth
C
Make fun of that crippled old fool
F
Verse 4
Bb
F
And he was just a gentle boy
C
F
A real fluorescent light
Bb
F
Cried pennies on Sunday morning
C
Laughs nickels on Saturday night
F
And your bullets, they can't harm him
Bb
Nor your knives tear him apart
F
Humiliation killed him
C
God bless his little heart
Interlude 2
F
Bb
F
G
F
Verse 5
F
Now some folks they wait
and some folks they pray
C
For Jesus to rise up again
But none of these folks in their holy cloaks
F
Ever took Billy on as a friend
For pity's a crime
And it ain't worth a dime
Bb
To a person who's really in need
Gm
Just treat 'em the same
Bb
F
As you would your own name
C
Next time that your heart starts to bleed
F
Verse 6
Bb
F
And he was just a gentle boy
C
F
A real fluorescent light
Bb
F
Cried pennies on Sunday morning
C
Laughs nickels on Saturday night
F
And your bullets, they can't harm him
Bb
Nor your knives tear him apart
F
Humiliation killed him
C
God bless his little heart
F
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