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

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

Guitar Tab

"Billy, Don't Be A 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-----------|----------------|
        ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
        ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
        ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|
        ----------------|----------------|----------------|----------------|

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        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#m      F#7      B                 C#m      F#7      B
        / / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / /=
 /
  [riff 1]                            [riff 1]

        C#m      F#       C#m      F#       C#m      F#       C#m     E F#
        / / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / /=
 /

           G [key change from B to C]
        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-------|
        ----|----------------|
        ----|----------------|
        ----|----------------|
        ----|----------------|

        B        D#m/A#   C#m               E                 B
        / / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / /=
 /
                               [riff 2]                            [riff 3]

        B        D#m/A#   E        Em       B        E   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]:

        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        Em/B     Dm                F                 C
        / / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / /=
 /
                               [riff 2]                            [riff 3]

        C        Em/B     F        Fm       C        F   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]:

        Dm7      G/B      Cmaj7    Am7      Dm7      G/B      Am       C
        / / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / / /  / / /=
 /

        Dm7      Gsus4 G
        / / / /  /  /  /  /

[Repeat link 2]

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

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

        C                Em/B             Dm          [riff 2 (in C)]
        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-|----------------|----------------|

        F                                 C           [riff 3 (in C)]
        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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