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[Main Riff] G D C E|--3--2--0--0--| B|--0--3--3--1--| G|--0--2--2--0--| D|--0--0--0--2--| A|--2--x--x--3--| E|--3--x--x--x--|
[Verse 1]
G D C Billy was a good friend of mine
G D C We grew up together ever since we were nine
G D C We went to school, he was my best friend
G D C And I thought our friendship would never end [Verse 2]
G D C In high school he played football
G D C And me, I didn't do anything at all
G D C He made touch-downs while I played pool
G D C And no one could figure out which one of us was the fool
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[Verse 3]
G D C Then we both went off to college
G D C He studied medicine while I studied foliage
G D C He got A's, I got D's
G D C He was going for his Ph.D.
G D C Then I decided to drop out
G D C Things were getting a little too hot
G D C Billy stayed then became an intern then a doctor
G D C Then war broke out and he had to go
G D C But not me, I was mentally unfit or so they say, so-so [Verse 4]
G D C When he came back, he wasn't quite the same
G D C His nerves were shot but not me
G D C Last time I saw him, I couldn't take it anymore
G D C He wasn't the Billy I knew, it was like talking to a door [Verse 5]
G D C Billy was a friend of mine
G D C I grew up with him ever since I was nine
G D C We went together through school
G D C And now I often wonder which one of us was the fool
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Composition: Lewis Alan Reed

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