A5 / / .E5 A5 / / .E5 A5 Billy ran away from his home E5 to find away to live in peace E5 His Mama didn't give a damn about him A5 His Papa's on the run from the Police D5 When Billy hit the city - the city hit Billy A5 No one needs you when your down and out E5 Then one kind guy with the painted eyes E5 A5 Picked him up and bailed him out A5 E5 Under one roof sharing one room A5 Nobody cared about them E5 under one roof sharing one room A5 daring 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 A5 F5 daring the world to part them Bb5 Somehow Billy's Papa found out all F5 about the style of Billy's life F5 And it didn't take long before he Bb5 came round and he had a knife Eb5 He cut up Johnny stole all his money Bb5 He called him all the names that he could find F5 Said he'd wait for Billy at the factory tomorrow F5 And show him what they do to Billy's kind Bb5 F5 Under one roof sharing one love Bb5 Now the whole world knew about them F5 under one roof sharing one love Bb5 F#5 daring the world to part them B5 F#5 Johnny said "Billy we can run away from the world no more F#5 I'm gonna fetch my daddy I'm gonna show the world who I'm B5 E5 living for and if I lose my job B5 If I lose my life you'll know one thing is true F#5 He can take away anything from me F#5 But 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
