Billy chords by Bad Religion

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

Verse 1:
A augmentedA              G+G
I can recall the warm youth of a summer day, yeah
FF           G+G
The sweetest lemonade, the darkest game arcade
A augmentedA                G+G
And Billy had a yearning in the corner of his mind, yeah
FF           G+G
It moved him secretly, it moved him powerfully
FF         C majorC        G+G      A augmentedA
But prescience was lacking and the present was all
    FF       C majorC     G+G
And his aptitudes were carelessly wasted
  FF      C majorC       G+G      A augmentedA
And challenging life with the abandon of a fool
  FF       C majorC      A augmentedA
He squandered the hours of his day, yeah

Verse 2:
A augmentedA                   G+G
Then darkness and disorder slapped him sharply in the face, yeah
FF             G+G
It hit him like a friend, struck something deep within
A augmentedA                  G+G
He couldn't break the chain of slow decay that seemed to drag him
FF           G+G
Just like a fatal tie, toward the other side
FF        C majorC      G+G       A augmentedA
And Billy was a lunatic just barking at the moon
    FF     C majorC    G+G
And his brain was totally wasted
  FF         C majorC       G+G      A augmentedA
He then exchanged his friends for a needle and a spoon
    FF     C majorC   A augmentedA
And he threw his future away, yeah


Verse 3:
E MajorE    G+G    E MajorE       G+G     E MajorE G+G E MajorE G+G
Bolt the door and throw away the key, yeah


E MajorE     G+G      E MajorE        G+G E MajorE G+G E MajorE G+G
Your dim reflection is all that you can see
  FF      C majorC      G+G      A augmentedA
So where is the justice when no one is at fault
   FF       C majorC     G+G
And a human life is tragically wasted?
  FF       C majorC     G+G        A augmentedA
How fragile is the flame that burns within us all
  FF     G+G    A augmentedA      G+G C majorC BB
To light each passing day, yeah