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BILLY - Bad Religion 
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By: Johnny Confidence - JohnnyConfedence@aol.com 

intro solo: riff: A G F G (x2) 
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A G 
i can recall the warm youth of a summer day, yeah 
F G 
the sweetest lemonade, the darkest game arcade, 
A G 
and billy had a yearning in the corner of his mind. 
F G 
it moved him secretly. it moved him powerfully. 

F C G A 
but prescience was lacking and the present was not all 
F C G 
and his aptitudes were carelessly wasted. 
F C G A 
and challenging life with the abandon of a fool 
F G A 
he squandered the hours of his day. 

INTRO RIFF 

then darkness and disorder slapped him sharply in the face, yeah. 
it hit him like a friend, struck something deep within. 
he couldn't break the chain of slow decay that seemed to drag him 
just like a fatal tie toward the other side. 

and billy was a lunatic, just barking at the moon, 
and his brain was totally wasted. 
he then exchanged his friends for a needle and a spoon 
and he threw his future away. 

E G E G 
bolt the door and throw away the key. 
E G E G 
your dim reflection is all that you can see. 

F C G A 
so where is the justice when no one is at fault 
F C G 
and a human life is tragically wasted? 
F C G A 
how fragile is the flame that burns within us all 
F G A 
to light each passing day? 

G C B 

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