Billy the Kid Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G](Traditional, arranged by
[D]Ry [G]Cooder)
(G) - (D)

[Verse 2]
(G) I'll sing you a true [G]song
of (D) Billy the (G) Kid
I'll [D](D) sing the record
of (G) deed[G]s that he did
Way out in New Mexico a
long [C]time [G](D) ago
When a (G) man's only friend was his [D](D) own
forty- (G)[G]four[D][G][D][G][D][G][D]
[G]

[Verse 3]
Now when Billy the Kid
was a very young lad
In [D]old Silver City he [G]went to the bad
Way out west with a knife [C]in his hand
[G]At the age of twelve years
he killed [D]his first [G]man[D]
[G]

[Verse 4]
Fair Mexican maidens play
guitars and sing
[D]Songs about Billy their [G]boy bandit king
Before this young manhood
reached its sad end
He'd a notch on his pistol for [D]twenty one [G]men

[Interlude 1]
[D][G]
[D]
[G][D][G][C][G]
[D][G][D][G][D][G]
[D][G]
[C][G][D]
[G][D][G]

[Verse 5]
It was [G]on one black night
that poor Billy died
He [D]said to his friends, "I'm not [G]sat[D]isfied
[G]There's twenty one men
that I've put bul[C]lets through
[G]And sheriff Pat Garrett's
[A]gonna [D]make [G]twenty-two"
[D]Well,

[Verse 6]
[G]Wel[D]l,[G]
this is how Billy the Kid met his fate
A [D]big moon was shining
and the [G]hour [D]was late
[G]Shot down by Pat Garrett,
[D]Silver [G]City's [C]best [G]friend
The poor outlaw's life [D]have reached
its [G]sad end

[Outro 1]
[D][G][D][G][D][G][D][G]
[D][G]