Intro D G D G A G DD G D Bill you were a friend of mine, a gentleman indeed G D A On your two wheel steed, did you ever cry? D G D Did you laugh at our pettiness with your pump and tyre tight G A G D G A G D You left us with a bump in the nightVerse 1:
D G D Bill was hard to undertstand, a language of his own G D A A man so much alone, no family D G D He was onto something, his joy was plain to see G A G D G A G D I wish he could have passed it onto meVerse 2:
G Bm A Bill had no funeral, he's just a ghost today G D His pump was his tombstone G A G D G A G D They threw his buckled bicycle away G Bm A The little town closed ranks, the constable was wise G D G D The driver drowns his sorrows when he turns out the light G A G D He still hears the bump in the night G Bm A Drink another brandy boys and pour another beer G D After all he was a simpleton G A G D Was he really here? Solo D G D G D A D G D G A G DG Bm A Plant him in the limestone with his little bag of gear G D Keep his pump, that's ok G A G D G A G D Just throw his buckled bicycle away G Bm A A vivid boyhood memory, I can't forget the day G D This will be his epitaph G A G D They threw his buckled bicycle away Solo D G D G D A D G D Outro G A G D They threw his buckled bicycle away
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