Chords for David Ackles - Blues for Billy Whitecloud

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_ [G#] Billy White Cloud [C#m] works for peanuts, give him peanuts he goes _ [D] wild.
Sweeps the market, keeps the _ [D#] sweepings, takes them home to [G#] his wife and _ [C#] child.
[Dm] Hey Billy, [G#] don't be blue, [C#] _ lots of [F#] richer people [C#] than you. _
_ [A#m] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _ _
[G#] _ _ _ _ _ [G#m] _ _ _
[C#] _ _ Billy White Cloud [C#m] went to high school, _ learned to read and write real [E] good.
Then he [D] left the _ reservation [D#] to find a job [G#] he knew he would.
[C#] He went to the city where the people are nice, they sent him around [A#m] to the back door
and they [D#] gave him advice and [F#] told him,
No Billy, no no, you gotta [C#] go slow, Billy, slow [F#] slow, you know [A#m] we like you fine,
[F#] but if you step [Am] out of [F#] line, you better [C#] go go Billy, [C#] go go.
[G#] _ _ _
[C#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Billy White Cloud [A#] took to drinking, _ spent his cash on a low [C#m] grade ride. _
[D] Can't afford to buy a blanket, _
[D#] he don't like it, [G#] but he don't cry. _
[C#] Hey [Dm] Billy, [C] don't be _ [C#] sad, for an Indian, you're not so bad. _
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[G#] _ _ _ _ _ [G#m] _ _ _
[C#m] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [G#] Billy White [F#] Cloud last [C#m]
December went and made a first class [B]
bond.
[D] Bombed [E] the high school [C] when [D] we found [D#] him, he was dancing [G#] on his tom-toms.
[C#] _ Hey Billy, [B] don't be sore, [C#] what you wanna [F#] go and do that, do that, do that, do [C#m] that for? _
[Fm] _ _ [F#] _ _ _ _ [C#] _ _
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