Under One Roof
The Rubettes
Baby I Know 1977



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A (x02220@1)                                   
Billy ran away from his home 
                 Eto (022100@1)find away to live in peace
    E7His (020130@1)Mama didn't give a damn about him
                   AHis (x02220@1)Papa's on the run from the Police
       DWhen (xx0232@1)Billy hit the city - the city hit Billy
ANo (x02220@1)one needs you when your down and out
                            EThen (022100@1)one kind guy with the painted eyes
           E7 (020130@1)               APicked (x02220@1)him up and bailed him out



A (x02220@1)              E7Under (020130@1)one roof sharing one room
                    ANobody (x02220@1)cared about them 
                 E7under (020130@1)one roof sharing one room 
                     Adaring (x02220@1)the world to part them



Billy found it hard to find a job to make some pay
AII day looking round
getting me down I was being turned away
And Johnny was the only one who didn't talk down
To Billy from up above and for the first time in his life
Billy found out what it felt like to be loved



Under one roof sharing one love
Nobody cared about them 
under one roof sharing one love 
                     A (x02220@1)     F7daring (131241@1)the world to part them

BbSomehow (x1333x@1)Billy's Papa found out all
                   Fabout (133211@1)the style of Billy's life
         F7And (131241@1)it didn't take long before he
                  Bbcame (x1333x@1)round and he had a knife
    EbHe (x43121@3)cut up Johnny stole all his money
    BbHe (x1333x@1)called him all the names that he could find
                                   FSaid (133211@1)he'd wait for Billy at the factory tomorrow
     F7And (131241@1)show him what they do to Billy's kind

Bb (x1333x@1)            F7Under (131241@1)one roof sharing one love
                          BbNow (x1333x@1)the whole world knew about them
                F7under (131241@1)one roof sharing one love 
                     Bb (x1333x@1)    F#7daring (242352@1)the world to part them

B (x2444x@1)                                             F#Johnny (244322@1)said "Billy we can run away from the world no more
      F#7I'm (242352@1)gonna fetch my daddy

I'm gonna show the world who I'm
B (x2444x@1)            Eliving (022100@1)for and if I lose my job
                   BIf (x2444x@1)I lose my life you'll know one thing is true
                    F#He (244322@1)can take away anything from me
        F#7But (242352@1)he won't take me from you"



And at five thirty dead his daddy waited at the factory
For him to come and how it did degrade
Him he cut him and he slayed him
And spat on him in front of ev'ryone
As Billy lay dying his Papa started crying
Because the parent through him he became
And all because the person who has the first to give him love
Had been a man