[Em] [G] Billy's leaving [D] today (don't know where he's going).
[Em] Holds his [G] head in [D] disgrace (he can't escape the truth).
[Em] He knows the [G] price that he's paid. [D]
He admits that it's too
[C9] Late to admit that he's [D] afraid.
Tomorrow [G] comes. Sorrow [Em] becomes his [D] soul mate.
The damage is [G] done. The prodigal [Em] son is too [D] late.
Old [Em] doors are closed [G] but he's [D] always open,
To relive [C9] time in his [D] mind.
Oh Billy.
[Em] [G] [D] [Em] [G] [D]
[Em] Billy's [G] leaving [D] today (don't know where he's going).
[Em] He's got [G] lines on his [D] face (they tell the story of his pain).
[Em] He [G] accepts it's his [D] fate.
He admits it took too
[C9] Long to admit that he [D] was wrong.
Tomorrow [G] comes. Sorrow [Em] becomes his [D] soul mate.
The damage is [G] done. The prodigal [Em] son is too [D] late.
Old [Em] doors are closed [G] but he's [D] always open,
To relive [C9] time in his [D] mind.
Oh Billy.
[Em] [G] [D] [Em] [G] [D]
[C9] Once he was a lover [Em] sleeping with another.
[G] Now he's just known as a [D] cheat.
And he [C9] wish he'd had a mirror; [Em] looked a little clearer.
[G] Seen into the eyes of the [D] weak.
[C9] Once he was a lover [Em] sleeping with another.
[G] Now he's just known as a [D] cheat.
And he [C9] wish he'd had a mirror; looked a little clearer.
[D] Seen into the eyes of the weak.
Tomorrow [G] comes. Sorrow [Em] becomes his [D] soul mate.
The damage is [G] done. The prodigal [Em] son is too [D] late.
Old [Em] doors are closed [G] but he's [D] always open,
To relive [C9] time in his [D] mind.
Oh Billy.
