Billy The Kid chords by Ry Cooder

Chords with lyrics

[Verse 1]
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I'll sing you a true song of Billy the Kid
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I'll sing you the record of deeds that he did
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Way out in New Mexico a long time ago
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When a man's only friend was his own forty-four


[Verse 2]
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Now when Billy the Kid was a very young lad
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In old Silver City he went to the bad
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Way out west with a knife in his hand
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At the age of twelve years he killed his first man

[Verse 3]
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Fair Mexican maidens play guitars and sing
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Songs about Billy, their boy bandit king
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Before his young manhood had reached its sad end
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He'd a notch on his pistol for twenty-one men


[Instrumental]
G+G G MajorG G+G G MajorG
D MajorD D G+G G MajorG
G+G G MajorG G+G G MajorG
G+G G MajorG D MajorD G+G
(x2)


[Verse 4]
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It was on one black night that poor Billy died
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He said to his friends, "I'm not satisfied
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There's twenty-one men that I've put bullets through
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And sheriff Pat Garrett's gonna make twenty-two"


[Verse 5]
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Well, this is how Billy the Kid met his fate
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A augmentedA big moon was shining and the hour was late
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Shot down by Pat Garrett, Silver City's best friend
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