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"Billy"
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album _Sally Can't Dance_
(Lou Reed, 1974)

written by Lou Reed
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        Billy was a good friend of mine
        We grew up together ever since we were nine
        We went to school, he was my best friend
        And I thought our friendship would never end

        In high school he played football
        And me, I didn't do anything at all
        He made touch-downs while I played pool
        And no one could figure out which one of us was the fool

        Then we both went off to collage
        He studied medicine while I studied foliage
        He got A's, I got D's
        He was going for his Ph.D.
        Then I decided to drop out
        Things were getting a little too hot
        Billy stayed then became an intern then a doctor
        Then war broke out and he had to go
        But not me, I was mentally unfit or so they say, so-so

        When he came back, he wasn't quite the same
        His nerves were shot but not me
        Last time I saw him, I couldn't take it anymore
        He wasn't the Billy I knew, it was like talking to a door

        Billy was a friend of mine
        I grew up with him ever since I was nine
        We went together through school
        And now I often wonder which one of us was the fool



capo on 3 fret

         (0) (1) (2) (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)
                      0   1   2   3   4
1e ... --||---|---|-g-|---|---|---|---|-...
2B ... --||---|---|-D-|---|---|---|---|-...
3G ... --||---|---|-A#|---|---|---|---|-...
4D ... --||---|---|-F-|---|---|---|---|-...
5A ... --||---|---|-C-|---|---|---|---|-...
6E ... --||---|---|-G-|---|---|---|---|-...



capo on 3 fret, play G form

      (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)
       0   1   2   3   4
*g ---||---|---|-o-|---|-...
*D -o-||---|---|---|---|-...
*A#-o-||---|---|---|---|-...
*F -o-||---|---|---|---|-...
*C ---||---|-o-|---|---|-...
*G ---||---|---|-o-|---|-...


capo on 3 fret, play D form

      (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)
       0   1   2   3   4
*g ---||---|-o-|---|---|-...
*D ---||---|---|-o-|---|-...
*A#---||---|-o-|---|---|-...
*F -o-||---|---|---|---|-...
*C ---||---|---|---|---|-...
*G ---||---|---|---|---|-...


capo on 3 fret, play C form

      (3) (4) (5) (6) (7)
       0   1   2   3   4
*g ---||---|---|---|---|-...
*D ---||-o-|---|---|---|-...
*A#-o-||---|---|---|---|-...
*F ---||---|-o-|---|---|-...
*C ---||---|---|-o-|---|-...
*G ---||---|---|---|---|-...



intro   {G}{D}{C}{C}
        {G}{D}{C}{C}

        {G}{D}{C}{C}   (Billy was a good friend of mine)
        {G}{D}{C}{C}   (We grew up together ever since we were nine)
        {G}{D}{C}{C}   (We went to school, he was my best friend)
        {G}{D}{C}{C}   (And I thought our friendship would ...)

sax     {G}{D}{C}{C}
        {G}{D}{C}{C}

        ....




* riff (capo on 3 fret)

     {G}     {D}           {C}     {C}
*g  --3...----2..--2--0-----------------------
*D  --0...----3..--3--3-----1...----1...------
*A# --0...----2..--2--2-----0...----0...------
*F  --0...----0..--0--0-----2...----2...------
*C  --2...------------------3...----3...------
*G  --3...------------------------------------




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* without-capo



intro   {A#}{F}{D#}{D#}
        {A#}{F}{D#}{D#}

        {A#}{F}{D#}{D#}   (Billy was a good friend of mine)
        {A#}{F}{D#}{D#}   (We grew up together ever since we ...)
        {A#}{F}{D#}{D#}   (We went to school, he was my best friend)
        {A#}{F}{D#}{D#}   (And I thought our friendship would ...)

sax     {A#}{F}{D#}{D#}
        {A#}{F}{D#}{D#}

        ....



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transcribed by Shiroh KOUCHI (wildside@mx21.tiki.ne.jp)
http://ww21.tiki.ne.jp/~wildside/
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