| G | Cadd9 | |
| Oh Billy | Brown had lived an ordinary l | ife. |
| G | C | |
| Two kids, a d | og, and a cautionary w | ife. |
| G | C | |
| While it was | all going according to | plan |
| G | D | G | |
| Then Billy Br | own fell in lo | ve with another m | an. |
| G | Cadd9 | |
| He met his lo | ver almost every single | day |
| G | C | |
| Making exc | uses through his (dodly) holi | day |
| G | C | |
| (Unto relig | ion that he said and duty f | ound |
| G | D | G | |
| They didn't kn | ow that h | is faith was (earthl | ic) bound) |
| Chorus: |
| G | C | |
| Br | own Oh Billy Br | own. |
| Am | Bm7 | |
| Don't let the s | tars get you d | own. |
| Am | Bm7 | |
| Don't let the w | aves let you d | rown. |
| G | C | |
| Br | own Oh Billy B | rown. |
| Am | Bm7 | |
| Gonna pick you | up like a paper | cup. |
| Am | Bm7 | |
| Gonna shake the | water out of every | nook. |
| C | D | |
| Oh Billy Br | own. |
| Verse: |
| G | Cadd9 | |
| Oh Billy Br | own needed a place, somewhere to | go. |
| G | C | |
| He found an is | land off the coast of Mexic | o |
| G | C | |
| Leaving his l | over and his family behi | nd. |
| G | D | G | |
| Oh Billy Bro | wn needed to fi | nd some peace of mi | nd. |
| G | Cadd9 | |
| And on his jo | urney and his travels on the | way, |
| G | C | |
| He met a g | irlie who was brave enough to s | ay, |
| G | C | |
| When they made lo | ve he shared the burden of his m | ind. |
| G | D | G | |
| Oh Billy Br | own you are a v | ictim of the ti | mes. |
| Chorus: |
| G | C | |
| Br | own Oh Billy B | rown. |
| Am | Bm7 | |
| Don't let the s | tars get you d | own. |
| Am | Bm7 | |
| Don't let the w | aves let you d | rown. |
| G | C | |
| Br | own Oh Billy B | rown. |
| Am | Bm7 | |
| Gonna pick you | up like a paper | cup. |
| Am | Bm7 | |
| Gonna shake the | water out of every | nook. |
| C | D | |
| Oh Billy Br | own. |
| Instrumental: |
| Am | Bm7 |
| Chorus: |
| G | C | |
| Br | own Oh Bill | y Brown. |
| Am | Bm7 | |
| Gonna pick you | up like a pap | er cup. |
| Am | Bm7 | |
| Gonna shake th | e water out of | every nook. |
| C | D | |
| Oh Billy Bro | wn. |
| Verse: |
| G | Cadd9 | |
| Oh Billy | Brown had lived an ordinary l | ife. |
| G | C | |
| Two kids, a d | og, and a cautionary w | ife. |
| G | C | |
| While it was | all going according to | plan |
| G | D | G | |
| Then Billy Br | own fell in lo | ve with another m | an. |