Billy Bayou Chords
by Jim Reeves
Billy Bayou by Jim Reeves is a beginner-friendly guitar song played in the key of D. It uses the chords D, A and G. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: D A D
verse 1
D
Back about eighteen hundred and some
A D
A Louisiana couple had a red-headed son
D
No name suited him, Jim, Jack or Joe
A D
They just called him Billy Bayou
G D
Billy, Billy Bayou, watch where you go
A D
If you're walkin' on quicksand, walk slow
G D
Billy, Billy Bayou, watch what you say
A D
A pretty girl'll get you one of these days
Solo
D A D
verse 2
D
Billy was a boy, kinda big for his size
A D
Red hair and freckles and big blue eyes
D
Thirteen years from the day he was born
A D
Billy fought the battle of the little big horn
G D
Billy, Billy Bayou, watch where you go
A D
If you're walkin' on quicksand, walk slow
G D
Billy, Billy Bayou, watch what you say
A D
A pretty girl'll get you one of these days
Solo
D A D
verse 3
D
One sad day Billy cried ho ho
A D
I can lick the feathers off of gee-ron-imo
D
He started off, the chief got mad
A D
This nearly ended our Louisiana lad
G D
Billy, Billy Bayou, watch where you go
A D
If you're walkin' on quicksand, walk slow
G D
Billy, Billy Bayou, watch what you say
A D
A pretty girl'll get you one of these days
Solo
D A D
verse 4
D
One day in eighteen seventy-eight
A D
A pretty girl walked through Bill's front gate
D
He didn't know whether to stand there, or run
A D
He wound up married 'cause he didn't either one
G D
Billy, Billy Bayou, watch where you go
A D
If you're walkin' on quicksand, walk slow
G D
Billy, Billy Bayou, watch what you say
A D
A pretty girl'll get you one of these days
A D
A pretty girl'll get you one of these days