Billy Don't Be A Hero tab by Donaldson Bo And The Heywoods

Tabs

"Billy, Don't Be A augmentedA Hero"
              (Murray - Callendar)
            Bo Donaldson and the Heywoods
                No. 1, 1974

Intro:

    fifes [doubled by chimes] and bass, w/ military drums :

    [N.C.]
    v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v
    ----------------|----------0-2-2-|--0---0---------|----------------|
    4---4---4-2-0-4-|----4---4-------|----4-----------|----------------|
    ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
    ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
    ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
    ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

    v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v
    ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
    ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
    2-------2-------|2-2-----2---2---|4-------4-------|4-4-----4---4---|
    ------2-------2-|------2---2---2-|------4-------4-|------4---4---4-|

    v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v
    0---0---0-----0-|----0---0-------|----------------|----------------|
    ----------4-2---|----------4-2-0-|----------------|----------------|
    ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
    ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
    ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
    ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

    v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v
    ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
    2-------2-------|2-2-----2---2---|----------------|----------------|
    ------4-------4-|------4---4---4-|2-------2-------|2-2-----2-1-2-3-|
    ----------------|----------------|------2-------2-|------2---------|

Verses 1 & 2:

    riff 1 [fuzz guitar doubled by bass]:

    v  v  v  v  v
    ----------------|----
    ----------------|----
    ----------------|----
    ----------------|----
    --------2-1-2-3-|4---
    ------2---------|----

    C# minorC#m   F#7F#7   BB         C# minorC#m   F#7F#7   BB
    / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /=
 /
 [riff 1]              [riff 1]

    C# minorC#m   F#F#    C# minorC#m   F#F#    C# minorC#m   F#F#    C# minorC#m   E MajorE F#F#
    / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /=
 /

      G+G [key change from BB to C majorC]
    2: / / / /

Chorus:

    riff 2 [fuzz guitar]:

    v  v  v  v  v
    ----|--4-------------|
    2-4-|5-----245-------|
    ----|----------------|
    ----|----------------|
    ----|----------------|
    ----|----------------|

    riff 3 [fuzz guitar]:

    v  v  v  v  v
    ----|--6-------------|
    4-5-|7-----457-------|
    ----|----------------|
    ----|----------------|
    ----|----------------|
    ----|----------------|

    BB    D#m/A#  C# minorC#m        E MajorE         BB
    / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /=
 /
                [riff 2]              [riff 3]

    BB    D#m/A#  E MajorE    E minorEm    BB    E MajorE  F#F#
    / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /

Link 1:

    bass [doubled by fuzz guitar] w/ military drums:

    [N.C.]
    v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v
    ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
    ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
    2-2-----2-2-----|2-2-----2---2---|2-2-----2-2-----|2-2-----2-1-2-3-|
    ------2-------2-|------2---2---2-|------2-------2-|------2---------|

[Verse 2]

Chorus [in C majorC]:

    riff 2 [fuzz guitar]:

    v  v  v  v  v
    ----|--5-------------|
    3-5-|6-----356-------|
    ----|----------------|
    ----|----------------|
    ----|----------------|
    ----|----------------|

    riff 3 [fuzz guitar]:

    v  v  v  v  v
    ----|--7-------------|
    5-6-|8-----568-------|
    ----|----------------|
    ----|----------------|
    ----|----------------|
    ----|----------------|

    C majorC    Em/B   DmDm        FF         C majorC
    / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /=
 /
                [riff 2]              [riff 3]

    C majorC    Em/B   FF    F minorFm    C majorC    FF  G+G
    / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /

Link 2:

    bass w/ military drums:

    [N.C.]
    v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v
    ----------------|----------------|
    ----------------|----------------|
    3-3-----3-3-----|3-3-----3---3---|
    ------3-------3-|------3---3---3-|

Partial verse [freely, strum once per chord]:

    Dm7Dm7   G/BG/B   Cmaj7Cmaj7  Am7Am7   Dm7Dm7   G/BG/B   A minorAm    C majorC
    / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /=
 /

    Dm7Dm7   Gsus4Gsus4 G+G
    / / / / / / / /

[Repeat link 2]

Coda [repeat 3x, fade 3rd time]:

    fifes [doubled by chimes] and bass, w/ military drums:

    C majorC        Em/B       DmDm     [riff 2 (in C majorC)]
    v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v
    0---0---0-----0-|----0---0-1-3-3-|--1-0-1---------|----------------|
    ----------3-1---|----------------|----------------|----------------|
    ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
    ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
    ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
    ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

    v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v
    ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
    ----------------|----------------|0-------0-------|0-0-----0---0---|
    3-------3-------|3-3-----3---3---|------0-------0-|------0---0---0-|
    ------3-------3-|------3---3---3-|----------------|----------------|

    FF                 C majorC      [riff 3 (in C majorC)]
    v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v
    1---1---1-0---1-|----1---1-3-5-5-|--3-1-3---------|----------------|
    ------------3---|----------------|----------------|----------------|
    ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
    ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
    ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
    ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

    v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v  v
    ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
    3-----0-3-----0-|3-3---0-3-0-3-0-|----------------|----------------|
    ----------------|----------------|3-------3-------|3-3-----3---3---|
    ----------------|----------------|------3-------3-|------3---3---3-|

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