Biography:
Billy Joe "B.J." Thomas (born August 7, 1942) is an American popular singer. He is particularly known for his hit songs of the 1960s and 1970s, which appeared on the pop, country, and Christian music charts. His best-known recording is the Burt Bacharach/Hal David song "Raindrops Keep Fallin' on My Head".
Thomas was raised in and around Houston, Texas, graduating from Lamar Consolidated High School in Rosenberg. Before his solo career, he sang in a church choir as a teenager, then joined the musical group The Triumphs.
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Other songs:
- Raindrops Keep Fallin’ On My Head
- Billy And Sue
- Bring Back The Time
- Everybodys Out Of Town
- Hey Wont You Play Another Someone Done Somebody Wrong Song
- Home Where I Belong
- Hooked On A Feeling
- I Just Cant Help Believin
- Im So Lonesome I Could Cry
- Long Ago Tomorrow
- Most Of All
- New Looks From An Old Lover
- Oh Me Oh My
- Old Fashioned Love
- Raindrops Keep Fallin On My Head
- Rock And Roll Lullabye
- The Eyes Of A New York Woman
- This Love Is Forever
- Whatever Happened To Old Fashioned Love
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Billy And Sue:BJ Thomas.
#23 RPM CANADA and #34 on BB Hot 100
on SCEPTER Records in 1966.
INTRO: C Am C Am
#1.
C Am C
This is the story about Billy and Sue, they were
Am
as in love as were any two.
C G F
And yet Billy had to die..and when you hear the
G C Am
reason why, you'll hang your head and cry.
#2.
C Am C
Billy and Sue met the first day of school and ever
Am
since lived by the Golden Rule.
C G F
Because they'll do unto others, what you wouldn't
G C Am
want done to you..you'd have to be a fool.
#3.
C Am
This mutual agreement of love and trust, they would
C Am
travel the road to marriage or bust.
C G
And when Billy was old enough to take a wife, he was
F G C Am
old enough to fight for his country and its way of life.
BRIDGE:
Bm Gbm A
Sues' letters came every day..strengthened his cause,
Em F
they showed him the way, to fight for his country and
C G Am Bm
the girl he loved..that's a soldier's only pay.
#4.
D Bm D
But then Billy heard no more from Sue, he was worried
Bm
sick, but what could he do?
D A
The bullets were screaming as he hugged the ground,
G A D Bm
and back home..Sue was runnin' round.
#5.
D Bm D
Billy was gettin' less and less strong, his hope, his fate,
Bm
was almost gone.
D A G
And then like a miracle a letter appeared..Billy tore the
A D Bm
letter open and he read, Dear John.
D Bm D
A look came over Billy that would scare a ghost..a familiar
Bm
look seen on soldiers coast to coast.
D A G
And even though the air was filled with lead, Billy jumped
A D Bm
up..they shot him dead.
OUTRO:
D Bm D
Billy was buried in a far away grave, it read, for his country,
Bm
his life he gave.
D A G
But that epitaph was only in part..he didn't die from a bullet,
A D Bm
but he died, from a broken heart.
......D Bm D Bm D Bm......(Fade.)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
#23 RPM CANADA and #34 on BB Hot 100
on SCEPTER Records in 1966.
INTRO: C Am C Am
#1.
C Am C
This is the story about Billy and Sue, they were
Am
as in love as were any two.
C G F
And yet Billy had to die..and when you hear the
G C Am
reason why, you'll hang your head and cry.
#2.
C Am C
Billy and Sue met the first day of school and ever
Am
since lived by the Golden Rule.
C G F
Because they'll do unto others, what you wouldn't
G C Am
want done to you..you'd have to be a fool.
#3.
C Am
This mutual agreement of love and trust, they would
C Am
travel the road to marriage or bust.
C G
And when Billy was old enough to take a wife, he was
F G C Am
old enough to fight for his country and its way of life.
BRIDGE:
Bm Gbm A
Sues' letters came every day..strengthened his cause,
Em F
they showed him the way, to fight for his country and
C G Am Bm
the girl he loved..that's a soldier's only pay.
#4.
D Bm D
But then Billy heard no more from Sue, he was worried
Bm
sick, but what could he do?
D A
The bullets were screaming as he hugged the ground,
G A D Bm
and back home..Sue was runnin' round.
#5.
D Bm D
Billy was gettin' less and less strong, his hope, his fate,
Bm
was almost gone.
D A G
And then like a miracle a letter appeared..Billy tore the
A D Bm
letter open and he read, Dear John.
D Bm D
A look came over Billy that would scare a ghost..a familiar
Bm
look seen on soldiers coast to coast.
D A G
And even though the air was filled with lead, Billy jumped
A D Bm
up..they shot him dead.
OUTRO:
D Bm D
Billy was buried in a far away grave, it read, for his country,
Bm
his life he gave.
D A G
But that epitaph was only in part..he didn't die from a bullet,
A D Bm
but he died, from a broken heart.
......D Bm D Bm D Bm......(Fade.)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
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