C                    C/D
  Nothing looks as bad
E7
  After staying up all night
Am                                     Am Em7/G
  And the cruel words that cut you down
D/F#
  I never meant to write
                       C     C F/C C
  And what came out as anger
                        F
  Oh was a lack of self control
  C/E             F
  Billy won't you hold me
  C/E  F   C/G      C
  Once be--fore you go

Em7 F  C/G  C x2

[Verse]
  C                      C/D
  Clever lies keep coming
E7
  Some men never change
Am                                 Am Em7/G
  I'm a hand that's raised in anger
D/F#
  The blow that causes pain
                      C     C F/C C
  But I just can't be trusted
                      F
  With a bottle and a child
  C/E           F
  Billy it's no wonder
  C/E F        C/G   C
  You say I've never tried

[Chorus]
      C
Oh so leave me now, Oh don't turn around
         G                                 G7
It's the best thing you ever did, But it's hard for me to say goodbye
         C
To Billy and the kids
         C
Oh don’t leave me now, Oh don't turn around
         F                   D7/F#
It's the best thing you ever did
         C              F
But it's hard for me to say goodbye
         C/G     C
To Billy and the kids
Em7 F  C/G  C

{instrumental verse}

[Verse]
                     C     C F/C C
And what came out as anger
                      F
Oh was a lack of self control
C/E             F
Billy won't you hold me
C/E  F   C/G      C
Once be--fore you go

{repeat chorus}

[Outro]
Em7 F  C/G  C