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	G	C/G	G
Bi	lly Dee was seventeen when he tu	rned twenty-o	ne

	D
Fooling with some foolish things he could	've left alone

	G	C/G	G
But	he had to try to satisfy a th	irst he couldn't n	ame

	D	G
Driven towards the darkness by the d	evil in his v	eins

	C/G	G
All ar	ound the honky tonks,sea	rching for a sign

	D
Gettin' by on gettin' high on wo	men,words and wine

	G	C/G	G
Some f	olks called him crazy,Lord,and o	thers called him f	ree

	D	G
But we just called us lucky for the	love of Billy	Dee

Verse 2:(Three and a half tones lower)

	C/G	F	C/G
Bu	sy goin' his own way and sp	eakin' his own w	ords

	G
Facin' and forgettin' every war	nin' that he heard

	C/G	F	C/G
M	akin' friends and takin' any cr	azy chance he c	ould

	G	C/G
Gettin' busted for the bad times	and believin' in the g	ood

	F	C/G
Bi	lly took a beatin' from a wo	rld he meant no harm

	G
The score was written in the sc	ars up on his arm

	C/G	F	C/G
Some f	elt he was payin' for the	life he tried to l	ead

	G	C/G
But all we felt was sorry for our g	ood friend Billy	Dee

Verse 3:(Four and a half tones higher)

	A	D	A
It m	ay be his soul bigger than a	body's oughta	be

	E
Singin' songs and bringin' laughter to the l	ikes of you and me

	A	D	A
Cau	se the world he saw was sadder than th	e one he hoped to f	ind

	E	A
But it wasn't near as lonesome as	the one he left be	hind

	D	A
Yeste	rday they found him on the f	loor of his hotel

	E
Reachin' towards the needle,Lord,that	drove him down to hell

	A	D	A
Some f	olks called it suicide,oth	ers blame the sp	eed

	E	A
But we all called it crucified whe	n Billy Dee O.	D.'d

Thanks to Jan Ekeland for the lyrics.

Perret Charles-Amir : perret@diva.univ-mlv.fr

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