Under One Roof
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Chords in this song
Strum
D-DU-UDU
Billy ran away from his home
to find away to live in peace
His Mama didn't give a damn about him
His Papa's on the run from the Police
When Billy hit the city - the city hit Billy
No one needs you when your down and out
Then one kind guy with the painted eyes
Picked him up and bailed him out
Under one roof sharing one room
Nobody cared about them
under one roof sharing one room
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
daring the world to part them
Somehow Billy's Papa found out all
about the style of Billy's life
And it didn't take long before he
came round and he had a knife
He cut up Johnny stole all his money
He called him all the names that he could find
Said he'd wait for Billy at the factory tomorrow
And show him what they do to Billy's kind
Under one roof sharing one love
Now the whole world knew about them
under one roof sharing one love
daring the world to part them
Johnny said "Billy we can run away from the world no more
I'm gonna fetch my daddy
I'm gonna show the world who I'm
living for and if I lose my job
If I lose my life you'll know one thing is true
He can take away anything from me
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
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Readable chord sheet for Under One Roof by Rubettes
[A] [E] [A] [E] [A]Billy ran away from his home to find away to l[E]ive in peace His [E7]Mama didn't give a damn about him His Papa's on the r[A]un from the Police When Bi[D]lly hit the city - the city hit Billy [A]No one needs you when your down and out Then one kind guy with the p[E]ainted eyes Picked him [E7]up and bailed him o[A]ut [A]Under one roof sh[E7]aring one room Nobody cared about t[A]hem under one roof sh[E7]aring one room daring the world to p[A]art 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 daring the world to p[A]art them[F7] [Bb]Somehow Billy's Papa found out all about the style of [F]Billy's life And it di[F7]dn't take long before he came round and he [Bb]had a knife He c[Eb]ut up Johnny stole all his money He c[Bb]alled him all the names that he could find Said he'd wait for Billy at the fac[F]tory tomorrow And s[F7]how him what they do to Billy's kind [Bb]Under one roof s[F7]haring one love Now the whole world knew a[Bb]bout them under one roof s[F7]haring one love daring the world to p[Bb]art them[F#7] [B]Johnny said "Billy we can run away from the worl[F#]d no more I'm go[F#7]nna fetch my daddy I'm gonna show the world who I'm [B]living for and [E]if I lose my job If I lose my life y[B]ou'll know one thing is true He can take away any[F#]thing from me But he w[F#7]on'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