Billy Austin Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[D][Em][D]

[Verse 1]
My [D]name is Billy Aus[G]tin
[A]I'm Twenty-Nine years [D]years old
I [G]was born [D]in Oklahoma
Quarter [Bm]Cherokee I'm [A]told[G]
Don't remember [D]Oklahoma
Been so [G]long since I left [A]home
Seems [D]like [G]I've always been [Bm]in prison
Like [G]I've always been [Bm]alone[A]
[D]Didn't mean to hurt nob[G]ody
[D]Never [A]thought [D]I'd cross that line
I [G]held up a filling sta[D]tion
Like I'd done a hundred [Bm]times[A][G]
The kid done like [D]I told him
[G]He lay face down on [A]the floor
[Asus4]Guess I'l[G]l never know
[Bm]what made me
Turn and [G]walk back through that [Bm]door[A]
[D]The shot rang out like thu[G]nder
[Asus4]My ears r[A]ang l[Asus4]ike a bell[D][G]
No one came run[D]nin'
So I [Bm]called the cops [A]myself[G]
Took their time to get [D]there
And [G]I guess I could'a run
[Asus4]I knew I [G]should
be feeling [Bm]something
But I [G]never shed tear [Bm]one[A][D]
I didn't even make [G]the papers
'Cause I [Asus4]only kill[D]ed one man
But my [G]trial was over [D]quickly
And then the [Bm]long hard wait [A]began[G]
Court appointed law[D]yer
Couldn't look me [G]in the [Asus4]eye
He just stood [G]up and closed
[Bm]his briefcase
When they [G]sentenced me to [Bm]die[A]
[D]Now my [G]wait[Asus4]in's over
As [D]the final hour drags by
[G]I ain't about to tell y[D]ou
That I [Bm]don't deserve to die
[A]But [G]there's twenty-seven
men men [D]here
Mostly black[G],
brown [A]and poor[Asus4][G]
Most of em are [Bm]guilty
Who [G]are you to say for [Bm]sure?[A]
[D]So when the preacher
comes to get [G]me[Em]
[A]And they [Asus4]shave
off [D]all my hair
[G]Could you take that long [D]walk with me
[Bm]Knowing hell is waitin' [A]there[G]
Could you pull that switch
your[D]self sir
With a sure [G]and steady
[Asus4]hand[A][G]
Could you still tell youself
[Bm]That you'r[G]e better
than I [Bm]am[A][G]
My name is Billy Aus[D]tin
[G]I'm twenty-nine years years [Asus4]old[A]
I [G]was born in Oklaho[Bm]ma
Quarter [G]Cherokee I'm [Bm]told