Among The Oak And Ash - Billy And The Good Girl
CAPO: 2nd Fret
## NOTE: ~ = Bass Walk-Down from G to Em ##
[Intro]
D C G D C G
[Verse 1]
D
Oh, where have you gone, Billy Boy, Billy Boy?
G Am
Where have you gone, charming Billy?
C
I've gone to find my wife
G
She's the darling of my life
~ Em D G
She's a good girl and cannot leave her mother
[Verse 2]
D
Are her eyes still as bright, Billy Boy, Billy Boy?
G Am
Are her eyes still as bright, charming Billy?
C
Yes, her eyes are as bright
G
As the stars are in the night
~ Em D G
She's a good girl and cannot leave her mother
[Verse 3]
D
And she always goes to church, Billy Boy, Billy Boy?
G Am
She always goes to church, charming Billy?
C
Yes, she always goes to church
G
In a dress as white as perch
~ Em D G
She's a good girl and cannot leave her mother
[Interlude]
G ~ Em D G C G
[Bridge]
C Cmaj7 G C G
She always said she'd go and now she's gone
C Cmaj7 G C G
And though I believed her, I guess I just held on
D C G C G
It's funny how we hear things different ways
D C G C G
Each according to the ( ? ) they face
[Instrumental]
D C G C G D C G C G
[Verse 4]
D
And why are you so sad, Billy Boy, Billy Boy?
G Am
Why are you so sad, charming Billy?
C
I, I'm, I'm sad
G
For a love I never had
~ Em D G
She's a good girl and cannot leave her mother
~ Em D G
She's a good girl and cannot leave her mother