The Ballad Of Billy The Kid Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][G][G][G]
[G][G]
[G][Em][F]
[G][Em][F][C][D]
[G][Em][F][C]
[Am][D]

[Interlude 1]
[F][C][C][G]
[F][C][C][G]

[Verse 1]
From a [G]town known as [Em]Wheeling,
West Vir[F]ginia
Rode a [G]boy with a [Em]six- gun in his [F]hand[C][D]
And his [G]daring life of [Em]crime
Made him a [F]legend in his [C]time
East and [Am]west of the [D]Rio Grande
[F][C][C][G]
[F][C][C][G]

[Verse 2]
Well, he [G]started with a [Em]bank in Colo[F]rado
In the [G]pocket of his [Em]vest, a Colt he [F]hid[C][D]
And his [G]age and his [Em]size
Took the [F]teller by sur[C]prise
[Am]And the word s[D]pread of Billy the kid
[F][C][C][G]

[Chorus 1]
Well, he [C]never travelled hea[D]vy
Yes, he [Em]always rode a[Bm]lone
And he [C]soon put many [D]older guns to [G]shame
And he [C]never had a sweet[D]heart
And he [Em]never had a [Bm]home
But the [C]cowboy and the rancher
knew his [D]name

[Verse 3]
Well, he [G]robbed his way from [Em]Utah
to Okla[F]homa
And the [G]largest could not [Em]seem
to track him [F]down[C][D]
And it [G]served his legend [Em]well
For the [F]folks they loved to [C]tell about
[Am]When Billy the kid c[D]ame to town
[F][C][C][G]
[F][C][C][G]

[Interlude 2]
[C][F][C][F][G]
[F][Dm][G]
[C][F][C][F][G]
[F][Dm][G][C]
[C][F][C][F][G]
[F][Dm][G]
[C][F][C][F][G]
[F][Dm][G][C]
[C][Bb]
[C][Bb]
[C][Bb]
[C][Bb]
[F][Dm][G][C]

[Interlude 3]
[F][C][C][G]
[F][C][C][G]

[Verse 4]
Well, [G]one cold day a [Em]posse captured [F]Billy
And the [G]judge said
"String him [Em]up for what he d[F]id"[C][D]
And the [G]cowboys and their [Em]kin
Like the [F]sea, came pouring [C]in
To [Am]watch the [D]hanging
of Billy the kid
[F][C][C][G]
[F][C][C][G]

[Chorus 2]
Well, he [C]never travelled hea[D]vy
Yes, he [Em]always rode a[Bm]lone
And he [C]soon put many [D]older guns to [G]shame
And he [C]never had a sweet[D]heart
But he [Em]finally found a [Bm]home
Under[C]neath the Boot Hill grave
that bears his [D]name

[Verse 5]
From a [G]town known as [Em]Oyster Bay
Long [F]Island
Rode a [G]boy with a [Em]six- pack in his [F]hand[C][D]
And his [G]daring life of [Em]crime
Made him a [F]legend in his [C]time
East and [Am]west of the [D]Rio Grande
[F][C][C][G]
[F][C][C][G]

[Outro 1]
[C][F][C][F][G]
[F][Dm][G]
[C][F][C][F][G]
[F][Dm][G][C]
[C][F][C][F][G]
[F][Dm][G]
[C][F][C][F][G]
[F][Dm][G][C]
[C][Bb]
[C][Bb]
[C][Bb]
[C][Bb]
[F][Dm][G][C]