Rock-A-Billy Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
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[Verse 1]
[G]Billy was
born in a one room [C]shack
On the Ten[G]nessee line by
the railroad track
Caught a bad fever and he [C]went blind
And his [G]daddy ran off [D]about the same [G]time

[Verse 2]
His [C]mama didn't know
what to do with the boy
So she [G]gave him daddy's old guitar
[D]as a toy[G][Em][G][Em][G]
Billy used to sit on the front
porch [C]swing
[G]Pulling off licks and bend
[D]ing [G]those strings

[Verse 3]
[G]Playing to the rhythm of the south band train
[C]Notes flying[G] off his fingers like a hur[D]ricane
[G]Cou[C]ldn't see nothing,
never said a word
But he could [G]sure imitate any[D]thing he heard
[G]He could

[Verse 4]
[C]rock, [G]he [C]cou[G]ld roll
[C](Rock, rock, rock, rock[G]- a-b[C]illy)
Cry blues with [G]soul
[C](Rock, rock, rock[G], rock- [C]a-billy)

[Verse 5]
[D]Never went to school one single day
But [C]oh that boy could [D]play
He could [C]rock, rock, [D]rock,

[Interlude 1]
rock- a- billy
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[G][D][C][D][C][G][C]
[G]
[C]One day

[Verse 6]
[G]a man came to Billy's tow[C]n
To [G]hear that boy and his [D]guitar [G]sound
He said, "Son, you should be a star"
[C]Now Billy's

[Verse 7]
[G]riding around
in a [D]big long [G]car
Mak[C]ing more money than
he'll ever spend
'Cause [G]he still has what he [D]had back then
[G]He could rock,

[Verse 8]
[C]he [G]could [C]roll[G]
[C](Ro[G]ck, rock, rock, rock-
a-[C]billy)
Cry blues, [G]with [C]soul
[G](Rock, rock, rock, rock[C]- a[G]- b[D]illy)

[Verse 9]
Never went to school [D]one single day
But, [C]oh, that boy could [D]play
He [C]could rock, rock, [D]rock, rock- a- [C]billy
He could [D]rock, rock, rock,
rock- a- [G]billy[C]

[Outro 1]
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