Chords with lyrics
Intro:E MajorE
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E MajorE Billy Barlow was a poor boy
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E MajorE That's why he robbed the Union Grove Bank
E MajorE He was a sweet talking ladies man
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E MajorE That's what he'd have ladies all to think
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E MajorE Oh the secret to a long life's knowing when it's time to go
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E MajorE Oh the secret to a long life's knowing when it's time to go
E MajorE So when the posse came riding
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E MajorE Billy went hiding down south
E MajorE Holed up in a shack with Maria
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E MajorE With the black hair and her ruby red mouth
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E MajorE Oh the secret to a long life's knowing when it's time to go
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E MajorE Oh the secret to a long life's knowing when it's time to go
E MajorE So when the news reached her lover
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E MajorE Billy ran for cover, don't you know
E MajorE Yeah, and when the bullets started ringing
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E MajorE Billy started singing "Time to go..."
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E MajorE Oh the secret to a long life's knowing when it's time to go
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E MajorE Oh the secret to a long life's knowing when it's time to go
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E MajorE Oh....Oh....Oh....Oh.....Time to go now!
InstrumentalE MajorE
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E MajorE Billy headed north where the sands of the Badlands blow
E MajorE But in his dreams he's south
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E MajorE He's still kissing that ruby red mouth
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E MajorE Oh the secret to a long life's knowing when it's time to go
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E MajorE Oh the secret to a long life's knowing when it's time to go
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E MajorE Oh....Oh....Oh....Oh..... (x3)
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E MajorE The secret to a long life's knowing when it's time to go
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E MajorE The secret to a long life's knowing when it's time to go
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E MajorE The secret to a long life's knowing when it's time to go
ⓘ Guitar chords for 'The Secret To A Long Life' by Michelle Shocked, artist. Michelle Shocked was born in 1962.