The Rubettes - Under One Roof

      
 
 The Rubettes
 Baby I Know 1977
 
 
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 A                           
 Billy ran away from his home
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 to find away to live in peace
     E7                               
 His Mama didn't give a damn about him
                    A                 
 His Papa's on the run from the Police
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 When Billy hit the city - the city hit Billy
 A                                      
 No one needs you when your down and out
                             E          
 Then one kind guy with the painted eyes
            E7                 A 
 Picked him up and bailed him out
 
 
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 Under one roof sharing one room
                     A  
 Nobody cared about them
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 under one roof sharing one room
                      A       
 daring the world to part them
 
 
 Billy found it hard to find a job to make some pay
 AII day looking round
 getting me down I was being turned away
 And Johnny was the only one who didn't talk down
 To Billy from up above and for the first time in his life
 Billy found out what it felt like to be loved
 
 
 Under one roof sharing one love
 Nobody cared about them
 under one roof sharing one love
                      A       F7 
 daring the world to part them
 
 Bb                                
 Somehow Billy's Papa found out all
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 about the style of Billy's life
          F7                      
 And it didn't take long before he
                   Bb         
 came round and he had a knife
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 He cut up Johnny stole all his money
     Bb                                        
 He called him all the names that he could find
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 Said he'd wait for Billy at the factory tomorrow
      F7                                  
 And show him what they do to Billy's kind
 
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 Under one roof sharing one love
                           Bb       
 Now the whole world knew about them
                 F7             
 under one roof sharing one love
                      Bb      F#7 
 daring the world to part them
 
 B                                               F#       
 Johnny said "Billy we can run away from the world no more
       F#7               
 I'm gonna fetch my daddy
 
 I'm gonna show the world who I'm
 B              E               
 living for and if I lose my job
                    B                           
 If I lose my life you'll know one thing is true
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 He can take away anything from me
         F#7                   
 But he won't take me from you"
 
 
 And at five thirty dead his daddy waited at the factory
 For him to come and how it did degrade
 Him he cut him and he slayed him
 And spat on him in front of ev'ryone
 As Billy lay dying his Papa started crying
 Because the parent through him he became
 And all because the person who has the first to give him love
 Had been a man