The Ballad Of Billy The Kid chords by Billy Joel

Chords with lyrics

• Difficulty: Advanced

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

🎸 Intro:
G+G
G MajorG  FF   G+G  FF
G+G  E minorEm  FF  C majorC  D7D7
F/GF/G C/GC/G  F/GF/G G+G    F/GF/G C/GC/G  F/GF/G G+G


🎸 Verse 1:
    G+G        E minorEm       FF
From a town known as wheeling, west virginia
    G+G      E minorEm       FF  C majorC D7D7
Rode a boy with a six-gun in his hand
     G+G        E minorEm
And his daring life of crime
      FF       C majorC
Made him a 🏷Legend in his time
 G+G    Am7Am7    D7sus4D7sus4     F/GF/G C/GC/G   F/GF/G G+G  F/GF/G C/GC/G   F/GF/G G+G
East and west of the Rio Grande

🎸 Verse 2:
      G+G       E minorEm     FF
Well, he started with a bank in Colorado
    G+G       E minorEm       FF  C majorC D7D7
In the pocket of his vest, a colt he hid
    G+G       E minorEm
And his age and his size
     FF       C majorC
Took the teller by surprise
G+G  Am7Am7      D7sus4D7sus4       F/GF/G C/GC/G   F/GF/G G+G
And the word spread of Billy the Kid

🎸 Chorus:
     C majorC       D MajorD
Well, he never traveled heavy
    E minorEm       B minorBm
Yes, he always rode alone
    C majorC      C/DC/D       G7sus4G7sus4
And he soon put many older guns to shame
    C majorC       D MajorD
And he never had a sweetheart
    E minorEm      B minorBm
And he never had a home
     C majorC                D7sus4D7sus4  D MajorD
But the cowboy and the rancher knew his name

🎸 Verse 3:
     G+G         E minorEm      FF
Well, he robbed his way from Utah to Oklahoma
     G+G          E minorEm       FF  C majorC  D7D7
And the law just could not seem to track him down
    G+G         E minorEm
And it served his 🏷Legend well
      FF          C majorC
For the folks, they'd love to tell
 G+G Am7Am7         D7sus4D7sus4     F/GF/G  C/GC/G   F/GF/G  G+G
'Bout  when Billy the Kid  was in town

🎸 Instrumental:
F/GF/G C/GC/G   F/GF/G G+G
G MajorG  C majorC C/EC/E C majorC FF C/EC/E  C majorC G/BG/B
 FF  C majorC  C/EC/E G+G
G MajorG  C majorC C/EC/E C majorC FF C/EC/E  C majorC G/BG/B
 FF  C majorC  G+G  C majorC
G+G  C majorC C/EC/E C majorC FF C/EC/E  C majorC G/BG/B
 FF  C majorC  C/EC/E G+G
G MajorG  C majorC C/EC/E C majorC FF C/EC/E  C majorC G/BG/B
 FF  C majorC  G+G  C majorC
BbMaj7 Bb6add9  BbMaj7 Bb6add9
BbMaj7 Bb6add9  BbMaj7 Bb6add9
 FF  C majorC  G+G
F/GF/G C/GC/G   F/GF/G G+G  F/GF/G C/GC/G   F/GF/G G+G

🎸 Verse 4:
    G+G       E minorEm        FF
Well, one cold day a posse captured Billy
     G+G          E minorEm        FF C majorC D7D7
And the judge said, string 'im up for what he did!
     G+G         E minorEm
And the cowboys and their kin
     FF         C majorC
Like the sea came pourin' in
G+G   Am7Am7     D7sus4D7sus4     F/GF/G  C/GC/G    F/GF/G G+G
To watch the hangin' of Billy the Kid

🎸 Chorus:
     C majorC       D MajorD
Well, he never traveled heavy
    E minorEm       B minorBm
Yes, he always rode alone
    C majorC      C/DC/D       G7sus4G7sus4
And he soon put many older guns to shame
    C majorC       D MajorD
And he never had a sweetheart
    E minorEm         B minorBm
Tho' he finally found a home
    C majorC                    D7sus4D7sus4 D MajorD
Underneath the boothill grave that bears his name

🎸 Verse 5:
     G+G       E minorEm       FF
From a town known as Oyster Bay, Long Island
    G+G      E minorEm       FF  C majorC  D7D7
Rode a boy with a six-pack in his hand
    G+G         E minorEm
And his daring life of crime
      FF        C majorC
Made him a 🏷Legend in his time
 G+G   Am7Am7    D7sus4D7sus4   F/GF/G C/GC/G    F/GF/G G+G
East and west of the Rio Grande

🎸 Outro:
F/GF/G C/GC/G   F/GF/G G+G
G MajorG  C majorC C/EC/E C majorC FF C/EC/E  C majorC G/BG/B
 FF  C majorC  C/EC/E G+G
G MajorG  C majorC C/EC/E C majorC FF C/EC/E  C majorC G/BG/B
 FF  C majorC  G+G  C majorC
G+G  C majorC C/EC/E C majorC FF C/EC/E  C majorC G/BG/B
 FF  C majorC  C/EC/E G+G
G MajorG  C majorC C/EC/E C majorC FF C/EC/E  C majorC G/BG/B
 FF  C majorC  G+G  C majorC
BbMaj7 Bb6add9  BbMaj7 Bb6add9
BbMaj7 Bb6add9  BbMaj7 Bb6add9
 FF  F/AF/A  FF  F/AF/A  C majorC  G+G  C majorC