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[Intro 1] [D] [Verse 1] They [D]put up a sign for the very last time At [A]Milly's Cafe They loaded their stuff into the car And [D]they drove away Milly looked back for one last time And [G]when she turned around, she was crying [Verse 2] [D]Billy just listened to [A]the song s the radio [D]played They drove all the way from Fort Worth to [A]Amarillo When Milly woke up she had makeup all over her pil[D]low Billy had stopped at Easy Pawn And [G]bought them up a couple of guns Tomor[D]row, he said, was gonna [A]be a brand new [D]day [Verse 3] [D]Billy and Milly tore up [A]the entire West They started holding up liquor stores and then [D]they turned to banks And it wasn't very long, you know Their [G]picture was on the post office wall And it [D]seemed that the whole [A]world was looking for [D]them [Verse 4] And the roads just get [G]rougher Out in West [D]Texas The cowboys are [A]tougher And the young girls are [D]restless And the winds take [G]the towns And there ain't any [D]signs But there's always a [A]hill to climb On the West Texas skyline [D] [Verse 5] [D]Milly was raised by Christians in [A]Aberdeen Her father was a preacher in the biggest church you [D]ever did see When word came down about Milly and Billy [G]He made a call up to New York City He [D]said for some boys to come [A]down and set things [D]straight He met Milly in El Paso [A] [Verse 6] Underneath a tree in the parking lot of [D]the motel And the next day when Billy went in the bank She star[G]ted the car and she drove away When [D]Billy came out, [A]he never had a chance [D] [Verse 7] And the roads just get [G]rougher Out in West [D]Texas The cowboys are [A]rougher And the young girls are [D]restless And the winds take the [G]towns And there ain't any [D]signs But there's always a [A]hill to climb On the West Texas [D]skyline [Interlude 1] [D][A][D] [G][D][A][D] [Verse 8] [D]Put up the sign one more time At [A]Milly's cafe They loaded the stuff out of the car and into the [D]doorway Milly looked back the one last time And [G]when she turned around she was crying Her [D]daddy just got in his [A]car and he drove away [D] [Verse 9] And the roads just get [G]rougher Out in West [D]Texas Cowboys are [A]tougher But the young girls are [D]restless And the winds takes the town [G]And there ain't any sig[D]ns There's always a [A]hill to climb On the West Texas sky[D]line There's [A]always a hill to climb On the West Texas [D]skyline [Outro 1] [D][A][D]
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