The Ballad Of Billy The Kid chords by Billy Joel

• Difficulty: Advanced

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

🎸 Intro:
G
G   F     G    F
G   Em   F   C    D7
F/G  C/G   F/G  G       F/G  C/G   F/G  G



🎸 Verse 1:
        G                Em             F
From a town known as wheeling, west virginia
        G           Em              F   C  D7
Rode a boy with a six-gun in his hand
         G                Em
And his daring life of crime
            F              C
Made him a 🏷Legend in his time
  G        Am7       D7sus4         F/G  C/G     F/G G   F/G C/G     F/G  G
East and west of the Rio Grande

🎸 Verse 2:
            G             Em         F
Well, he started with a bank in Colorado
        G             Em              F   C  D7
In the pocket of his vest, a colt he hid
        G             Em
And his age and his size
          F             C
Took the teller by surprise
G   Am7            D7sus4              F/G  C/G     F/G  G
And  the word spread of Billy the Kid

🎸 Chorus:
          C              D
Well, he never traveled heavy
        Em              Bm
Yes, he always rode alone
        C            C/D              G7sus4
And he soon put many older guns to shame
       C             D
And he never had a sweetheart
        Em            Bm
And he never had a home
         C                               D7sus4   D
But the cowboy and the rancher knew his name

🎸 Verse 3:
          G                 Em            F
Well, he robbed his way from Utah to Oklahoma
         G                    Em              F   C   D7
And the law just could not seem to track him down
        G                  Em
And it served his 🏷Legend well
           F                    C
For the folks, they'd love to tell
  G  Am7                 D7sus4         F/G   C/G      F/G   G
'Bout   when Billy the Kid   was in town

🎸 Instrumental:
F/G  C/G      F/G  G
G   C  C/E  C  F  C/E   C  G/B
  F   C   C/E  G
G   C  C/E  C  F  C/E   C  G/B
  F   C   G   C
G   C  C/E  C  F  C/E   C  G/B
  F   C   C/E  G
G   C  C/E  C  F  C/E   C  G/B
  F   C   G   C
BbMaj7  Bb6add9    BbMaj7  Bb6add9
BbMaj7  Bb6add9    BbMaj7  Bb6add9
  F   C   G
F/G  C/G      F/G  G    F/G  C/G      F/G  G

🎸 Verse 4:
       G              Em               F
Well, one cold day a posse captured Billy
          G                    Em               F  C  D7
And the judge said, string 'im up for what he did!
         G                  Em
And the cowboys and their kin
          F                 C
Like the sea came pourin' in
G      Am7          D7sus4          F/G   C/G       F/G  G
To watch the hangin' of Billy the Kid

🎸 Chorus:
          C              D
Well, he never traveled heavy
        Em              Bm
Yes, he always rode alone
        C            C/D              G7sus4
And he soon put many older guns to shame
       C             D
And he never had a sweetheart
        Em                 Bm
Tho' he finally found a home
       C                                       D7sus4  D
Underneath the boothill grave that bears his name

🎸 Verse 5:
         G              Em             F
From a town known as Oyster Bay, Long Island
        G           Em              F   C   D7
Rode a boy with a six-pack in his hand
        G                  Em
And his daring life of crime
           F               C
Made him a 🏷Legend in his time
 G     Am7        D7sus4     F/G  C/G       F/G  G
East and west of the Rio Grande

🎸 Outro:
F/G  C/G      F/G  G
G   C  C/E  C  F  C/E   C  G/B
  F   C   C/E  G
G   C  C/E  C  F  C/E   C  G/B
  F   C   G   C
G   C  C/E  C  F  C/E   C  G/B
  F   C   C/E  G
G   C  C/E  C  F  C/E   C  G/B
  F   C   G   C
BbMaj7  Bb6add9    BbMaj7  Bb6add9
BbMaj7  Bb6add9    BbMaj7  Bb6add9
  F   F/A   F   F/A   C   G   C