Capo 3 
 
Intro 
 
E5 , G5 , D5 , x2} 
Verse 1 
E5     G5         D5   
Billy's leaving today (don't know where he's going). 
E5          G5         D5
Holds his head in disgrace (he can't escape the truth). 
E5                G5 D5
He knows the price that he's paid. 

He admits that it's too 
C5                          D5
Late to admit that he's afraid. 
 
Chorus 
         G5             E5             D5
Tomorrow comes. Sorrow becomes his soul mate. 
              G5                  E5             D5
The damage is done. The prodigal son is too late. 
    E5                  G5           D5
Old doors are closed but he's always open, 
          C5              D5
To relive time in his mind. 

Oh Billy. 
 

E5 , G5 , D5 , x2} 
Verse 2 
E5       G5      D5
Billy's leaving today (don't know where he's going). 
E5       G5            D5
He's got lines on his face (they tell the story of his pain). 
E5  G5               D5
He accepts it's his fate. 

He admits it took too 
C5                       D5
Long to admit that he was wrong. 
 
Chorus 
         G5             E5             D5
Tomorrow comes. Sorrow becomes his soul mate. 
              G5                  E5             D5
The damage is done. The prodigal son is too late. 
    E5                  G5           D5
Old doors are closed but he's always open, 
          C5              D5
To relive time in his mind. 

Oh Billy. 
 

E5 , G5 , D5 , x2} 
Bridge 
C5                  E5
Once he was a lover sleeping with another. 
G5                             D5
Now he's just known as a cheat. 
       C5                      E5
And he wish he'd had a mirror; looked a little clearer. 
G5                             D5
Seen into the eyes of the weak. 
C5                  E5
Once he was a lover sleeping with another. 
G5                             D5
Now he's just known as a cheat. 
       C5
And he wish he'd had a mirror; looked a little clearer. 
D5
Seen into the eyes of the weak. 
 
Chorus 
         G5             E5             D5
Tomorrow comes. Sorrow becomes his soul mate. 
              G5                  E5             D5
The damage is done. The prodigal son is too late. 
    E5                  G5           D5
Old doors are closed but he's always open, 
          C5              D5
To relive time in his mind. 

Oh Billy.