The Ballad Of Billy Christian:The Statler Brothers.
Flip Side of "Flowers On The Wall' on MERCURY
Records in 1965.
INTRO:
D7 G
If you're listenin' Billy Christian, come on home.
CHORUS:
G C
Are you listening Billy Christian, if you are
then go on home.
D7 G
Everything is like you left it, she spends all
her time alone.
G C
All that music never thrills her like it did when
you were there.
D7 G....Ab A
Go on home, Billy Christian, if you care.
#2.
A D
What a team they were together, Billy Christian
and his wife.
E A
People loved to hear them singin', that was their
success in life .
A D
But the eyes of Billy Christian were the wild and
wandering kind.
E A....G
Now, Billy's wife sings solo all the time.
CHORUS:
G C
Are you listening Billy Christian, if you are
then go on home.
D7 G
Everything is like you left it, she spends all
her time alone.
G C
All that music never thrills her like it did when
you were there.
D7 G....Ab A
Go on home, Billy Christian, if you care.
#3.
A D
All the fellows tried to date her but she never
blinked an eye.
E A......G
Every night she sings the same sad song and cries.
BRIDGE:
G C
Now, where is Billy Christian, does he ever hear
the song?
D G
Does Billy Christian know he's welcome home?
CHORUS:
G C
Are you listening Billy Christian, if you are
then go on home.
D7 G
Everything is like you left it, she spends all
her time alone.
G C
All that music never thrills her like it did when
you were there.
D7 G
Go on home, Billy Christian, if you care.
OUTRO:
D7 G
Go on home, Billy Christian, if you care.
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.