Billy Flynn of Bethnal Green Chords by Louis Dunford

[Intro]
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[Verse]
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The hardest man I’d ever seen
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Was Billy Flynn of Bethnal Green
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He was born to be a champion
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■  Light on his feet with a solid jaw
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His right hook left you on the floor
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Billy held the ring to ransom ■ 
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■  An Irish family’s only son
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Proud of the fighter he’d become
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But every night he’d pray to Jesus
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■  Lord give me strength enough to fight
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I swear to god I think I’d die
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If they ever knew my secret
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But his daddy never knew him and mummy looked right through him so
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What they don’t know is Billy Flynn's been dancing down in Soho
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You should've seen her


[Chorus]
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Born a brawler ■  but on Friday nights beneath the lights they’d call her Lady Athena
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You should've seen her
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[Verse]
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Billy bound his broken bones and washed his nails in acetone
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Every Monday when he’d wake up
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■  For fifteen years he lived a double life King of the ring but on Friday night
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He hid his bruises under make up
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All the boys say Bill whenever we’re down the pub you never show
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What they don’t know is Billy Flynn’s been dancing down in Soho
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You should've seen her
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Born a brawler ■  but on Friday nights beneath the lights they’d call her Lady Athena
              Db   Ab 
You should've seen her


[Solo]
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[Verse]
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The bravest thing I’d ever seen
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Was Billy Flynn down Bethnal Green in stilettos at the bus stop ■ 
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Ten long years had passed us by
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But there she stood with a swollen eye
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I said I thought you’d hung your gloves up
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She said I was walking home alone last night
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Three geezers tried to start a fight they thought I’d run they were mistaken ■ 
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■  They saw a damsel in distress ■  alas a boxer in a dress
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Left them battered on the pavement
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■  I said Some things will never change ya Bill don’t be a stranger don’t
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Cos we all know ■   that Billy Flynn’s been dancing down in Soho
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You should've seen her


[Outro]
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■  Born a brawler but on Friday nights beneath the lights they’d call her Lady Athena
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You should've seen her
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