Merle Haggard - Billy Overcame His Size guitar chord

Merle Haggard - Billy Overcame His Size

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C = x32010 G7 = 320001

C7 = x32310 F = x33211

Am = x02210

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Billy never made the football team,

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'Cause Billy's size was small.

But Billy's brother was a mighty lad,

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And played a lot of high school ball.

And Billy's daddy never favoured him,

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He catered to the bigger guys,

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But later on, in a bigger way,

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Billy overcame his size.

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The years flew by, and Billy grew,

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But he never got very big.

We called him shorty but he never got mad,

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He was always good for a dig.

And we payed no mind when he fell in line,

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And left with the other guys.

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And the sergeant laughed at his skinny frame,

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But Billy overcame his size.

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Billy overcame his size,

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Yeah, Billy overcame his size.

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Later on, in a bigger way,

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Billy overcame his size.

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Billy's brother made a football star,

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And the biggest man in town.

And the scholarship that kept him home

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Never seemed to bring him down.

But on the other hand his brother Bill,

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Put pride in his Daddy's eyes.

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When he died to save those other men,

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Billy overcame his size.

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Billy overcame his size,

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Yeah, Billy overcame his size.

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When he died to save those other men,

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Billy overcame his size.