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BILLY - Bad Religion
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By: Johnny Confidence - JohnnyConfedence@aol.com
intro solo: riff: A G F G (x2)
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AG
i can recall the warm youth of a summer day, yeah
FG
the sweetest lemonade, the darkest game arcade,
AG
and billy had a yearning in the corner of his mind.
FG
it moved him secretly. it moved him powerfully.
FCGA
but prescience was lacking and the present was not all
FCG
and his aptitudes were carelessly wasted.
FCGA
and challenging life with the abandon of a fool
FGA
he squandered the hours of his day.
INTRO RIFF
then darkness and disorder slapped him sharply in the face, yeah.
it hit him like a friend, struck something deep within.
he couldn't break the chain of slow decay that seemed to drag him
just like a fatal tie toward the other side.
and billy was a lunatic, just barking at the moon,
and his brain was totally wasted.
he then exchanged his friends for a needle and a spoon
and he threw his future away.
EGEG
bolt the door and throw away the key.
EGEG
your dim reflection is all that you can see.
FCGA
so where is the justice when no one is at fault
FCG
and a human life is tragically wasted?
FCGA
how fragile is the flame that burns within us all
FGA
to light each passing day?
GCB
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