Billy the Kid Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
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[Verse 1]
[Em]In the southern part of Texas,
east and [D]west of El Paso
Where the [Bm]mighty Franklin Mountains
guard the [Em]trail to Mexico
There's a new made widow crying
and a [D]hearse a-rolling slow
slow
[Bm]And I guess that Devil's passed
this way [Em]again

[Verse 2]
There's a [Em]lathered Sorrel Stallion
running [D]through the Joshua Trees
A [Bm]young man in the saddle with
his [Em]coat tails in the breeze
Got a six gun on his right hip and
a [D]rifle at his knee
And he's [Bm]dealing in a game
that he can't [Em]win

[Verse 3]
[Em]Poor Billy Bonney, you're [D]only twenty one
Pat [C]Garrett's got your name
on every [G]bullet in his gun
Each [Em]notch you carved on your six guns,
got a [D]bloody tale to tell
You're a [Bm]mile ahead of Garrett and a step
[Em]outside of Hell

[Interlude 1]
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[Verse 4]
Them [Em]fancy clothes you're wearing
and the wo[D]men in your bed
Can't [Bm]take away the faces of
[Em]the men that you left dead
As you ride across the badlands
[D]with a price upon your head
[Bm]Now that wheel or fortune starts to [Em]turn

[Verse 5]
Your [Em]reputation's grown 'til it's
[D]the biggest in the land
And there [Bm]ain't a lot of people left
who [Em]wanna call your hand
And I guess you go down shooting,
just [D]like all branded men
[Bm]When you shake hands with the Devil,
you get [Em]burned

[Verse 6]
[Em]Poor Billy Bonney, you're [D]only twenty one
Pat [C]Garrett's got your name
on every [G]bullet in his gun
Each [Em]notch you carved on your six guns,
got a [D]bloody tale to tell
You're a [Bm]mile ahead of Garrett and a step out
[Em]side of Hell

[Interlude 2]
[Em][D][Bm][Em]
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[Verse 7]
[Em]Poor Billy Bonney, you're [D]only twenty one
Pat [C]Garrett's got your name
on every bul[G]let in his gun
Each [Em]notch you carved on your six guns,
got a [D]bloody tale to tell
You're a [Bm]mile ahead of Garrett and a step [Em]outside of Hell

[Outro 1]
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