Billy Tyler.
Albert Lee.
Album: Hiding.
(Don Everly & Emmylou
Harris on Backing vocals.)
Intro: A Bm D F# G
G Am D G
Billy's lady told him let this be understood,
Am D G
Something better happen soon things don't look to good,
Em C F#7 Bm Am
Tired of saving pennies trying to make ends meet,
G Am D G
While next Monday afternoon gonna be out in the street.
G Am D G
Billy thought it over he said with a smile,
Am D G
Everything will be alright just a little while,
Em C F# Bm Am
Better get right to it, pack my things and go,
G Am D G E
He put on his tennis shoes walked out into the snow.
Chorus:
A F#m7 Faug E7
Oh Billy Tyler do you remember what you said,
A E7 E
Does your conscience get you when you're lying in your bed?
D A
Are you feeling sorry for the things that you've done?
D A
Do you feel repentance on the tip of your tongue?
A Bm D F# G
Did you have to grab your things and run?
G Am D G
She received a postcard sad for her that way,
Am D G
Said I found myself a job here at white sand bay,
Em7 C F# Bm Am
Sending you some money so that you can eat,
G Am D G
Everything will be alright soon be back on my feet.
Am D G
Billy he was lying, to the one who loved him most,
Am D G
Well a well made lady, lived down by the coast,
Em C F# Bm Am
Spent the days and nights together, promised to be true,
G Am D G E
Well I know he get why he's not coming to himself.
Chorus:
A F#m7 Faug E7
Oh Billy Tyler do you remember what you said,
A E7 E
Does your conscience get you when you're lying in your bed?
D A
Are you feeling sorry for the things that you've done?
D A
Do you feel repentance on the tip of your tongue?
A Bm D F# G D G D G
Did you have to grab your things and run?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zSB9manHYYU
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