Billy chords by Bad Religion

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

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

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


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


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