Chords for Leon Redbone- Big Bad Bill (Is Sweet William Now)
Tempo:
125.25 bpm
Chords used:
Bb
F
C
G
Eb
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Eb] [E]
[D] [Gm]
[C] [Gm] [F]
[Bb] [A] [Bb] [Bb] [Bb]
In the town [D] of [G] Louisville, lived a man they called Big Bad [C] Bill.
I want to tell [Cm] ya, he [Bb] sure was tough, he [F] certainly did strut that [A] stuff.
[Bb] He had folks scared to death [C] when he walked by, they held their breath.
He was a fighting man, sure [F]
enough.
[Dm] [G] Now Bill took [F] himself [Cm] a wife, [C] just to lead a different [F] life.
[Bb]
Big [F] Bad Bill is Sweet [Bb] William now.
Married life has changed [Fm] him somehow.
[D] [Eb] Here's a man that they all used to fear.
Now [Bb] the people call him Sweet Papa [Fm] Willie, [G] [C] dear.
Stronger than Samson, I declare, [F] till the hot hot mama Bob Desare.
[Bb]
Big Bad [F] Bill don't fight [Bbm]
anymore.
[Bb]
Washes dishes and he mops [F] up the [C] floor.
[D] He [Eb]
used to spend his [Bb] evenings looking for a [C] [Bb] fight.
Now he's got to see his mama every night.
Big [C] Bad [F] Bill is Sweet [Bb] William now.
[F] [Bb]
[G] [Bb]
[D]
[Eb]
[E] [Bb]
[A] [G] [C]
[F] [Bb]
[F] [Bbm]
Big Bad [Bb] Bill [F] don't fight [Bbm]
anymore.
[Bb]
Washes dishes and he mops up [D] the floor.
[Eb]
He used to spend his [E] evenings looking for a [Bbm] fight.
[Bb] Now he's got to see his mama [A] [G] every [Gm] night.
Big Bad [F] Bill is Sweet [Bb] William now.
[Eb] [G] [Bb] [Eb] [C] [Bbm]
[G]
[C] [G] [Bb]
[Eb] [Bb]
[D] [Gm]
[C] [Gm] [F]
[Bb] [A] [Bb] [Bb] [Bb]
In the town [D] of [G] Louisville, lived a man they called Big Bad [C] Bill.
I want to tell [Cm] ya, he [Bb] sure was tough, he [F] certainly did strut that [A] stuff.
[Bb] He had folks scared to death [C] when he walked by, they held their breath.
He was a fighting man, sure [F]
enough.
[Dm] [G] Now Bill took [F] himself [Cm] a wife, [C] just to lead a different [F] life.
[Bb]
Big [F] Bad Bill is Sweet [Bb] William now.
Married life has changed [Fm] him somehow.
[D] [Eb] Here's a man that they all used to fear.
Now [Bb] the people call him Sweet Papa [Fm] Willie, [G] [C] dear.
Stronger than Samson, I declare, [F] till the hot hot mama Bob Desare.
[Bb]
Big Bad [F] Bill don't fight [Bbm]
anymore.
[Bb]
Washes dishes and he mops [F] up the [C] floor.
[D] He [Eb]
used to spend his [Bb] evenings looking for a [C] [Bb] fight.
Now he's got to see his mama every night.
Big [C] Bad [F] Bill is Sweet [Bb] William now.
[F] [Bb]
[G] [Bb]
[D]
[Eb]
[E] [Bb]
[A] [G] [C]
[F] [Bb]
[F] [Bbm]
Big Bad [Bb] Bill [F] don't fight [Bbm]
anymore.
[Bb]
Washes dishes and he mops up [D] the floor.
[Eb]
He used to spend his [E] evenings looking for a [Bbm] fight.
[Bb] Now he's got to see his mama [A] [G] every [Gm] night.
Big Bad [F] Bill is Sweet [Bb] William now.
[Eb] [G] [Bb] [Eb] [C] [Bbm]
[G]
[C] [G] [Bb]
[Eb] [Bb]
Key:
Bb
F
C
G
Eb
Bb
F
C
[Eb] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
_ [C] _ [Gm] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ [A] _ [Bb] _ [Bb] _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ In the town [D] of _ [G] Louisville, lived a man they called Big Bad [C] Bill.
I want to tell [Cm] ya, he [Bb] sure was tough, he [F] certainly did strut that [A] stuff.
[Bb] He had folks scared to death [C] when he walked by, they held their breath.
He was a fighting man, sure [F]
enough.
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] [G] Now Bill took [F] himself [Cm] a wife, _ [C] just to lead a different [F] _ life.
_ [Bb]
Big [F] Bad Bill is Sweet [Bb] William now. _ _ _ _ _ _
Married life has changed [Fm] him somehow.
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] Here's a man that they all used to fear.
Now [Bb] the people call him Sweet Papa [Fm] Willie, [G] [C] dear.
Stronger than Samson, I declare, [F] till the hot hot mama Bob Desare.
[Bb]
Big Bad [F] Bill don't fight _ [Bbm]
anymore.
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
Washes dishes and he mops [F] up the [C] floor.
[D] _ _ _ _ He [Eb]
used to spend his [Bb] evenings looking for a [C] [Bb] fight.
Now he's got to see his mama every night.
Big [C] Bad [F] Bill is Sweet [Bb] William now. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ [G] _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [Bbm]
Big Bad [Bb] Bill [F] don't fight _ _ [Bbm]
anymore.
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
Washes dishes and he mops up [D] the floor.
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb]
He used to spend his [E] evenings looking for a [Bbm] fight.
[Bb] Now he's got to see his mama [A] [G] every [Gm] night.
Big Bad [F] Bill is Sweet [Bb] William now.
_ [Eb] _ [G] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Bbm] _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ _
_ [C] _ [Gm] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ [Bb] _ [A] _ [Bb] _ [Bb] _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ In the town [D] of _ [G] Louisville, lived a man they called Big Bad [C] Bill.
I want to tell [Cm] ya, he [Bb] sure was tough, he [F] certainly did strut that [A] stuff.
[Bb] He had folks scared to death [C] when he walked by, they held their breath.
He was a fighting man, sure [F]
enough.
_ _ _ _ _ [Dm] [G] Now Bill took [F] himself [Cm] a wife, _ [C] just to lead a different [F] _ life.
_ [Bb]
Big [F] Bad Bill is Sweet [Bb] William now. _ _ _ _ _ _
Married life has changed [Fm] him somehow.
[D] _ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] Here's a man that they all used to fear.
Now [Bb] the people call him Sweet Papa [Fm] Willie, [G] [C] dear.
Stronger than Samson, I declare, [F] till the hot hot mama Bob Desare.
[Bb]
Big Bad [F] Bill don't fight _ [Bbm]
anymore.
_ [Bb] _ _ _ _ _
Washes dishes and he mops [F] up the [C] floor.
[D] _ _ _ _ He [Eb]
used to spend his [Bb] evenings looking for a [C] [Bb] fight.
Now he's got to see his mama every night.
Big [C] Bad [F] Bill is Sweet [Bb] William now. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ [G] _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [D] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ [Eb] _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ [G] _ _ [C] _
_ _ _ [F] _ _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ _ _ _ [F] _ _ [Bbm]
Big Bad [Bb] Bill [F] don't fight _ _ [Bbm]
anymore.
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
Washes dishes and he mops up [D] the floor.
_ _ _ _ _ [Eb]
He used to spend his [E] evenings looking for a [Bbm] fight.
[Bb] Now he's got to see his mama [A] [G] every [Gm] night.
Big Bad [F] Bill is Sweet [Bb] William now.
_ [Eb] _ [G] _ [Bb] _ _ _ _ [Eb] _ _ _ _ [C] _ _ _ [Bbm] _
_ _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Bb] _
_ _ [Eb] _ _ [Bb] _ _ _ _
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