The Secret To A Long Life chords by Michelle Shocked

Intro:  E E   E D A E (x2)


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Billy Barlow was a poor boy
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That's why he robbed the Union Grove Bank
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He was a sweet talking ladies man
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That's what he'd have ladies all to think

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Oh the secret to a long life's knowing when it's time to go
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Oh the secret to a long life's knowing when it's time to go

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So when the posse came riding
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Billy went hiding down south
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Holed up in a shack with Maria
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With the black hair and her ruby red mouth



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Oh the secret to a long life's knowing when it's time to go
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Oh the secret to a long life's knowing when it's time to go

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So when the news reached her lover
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Billy ran for cover, don't you know
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Yeah, and when the bullets started ringing
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Billy started singing "Time to go..."

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Oh the secret to a long life's knowing when it's time to go
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Oh the secret to a long life's knowing when it's time to go


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Oh....Oh....Oh....Oh.....Time to go now!


Instrumental

E D A E (X 2)  D A E (x2)

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Billy headed north where the sands of the Badlands blow
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But in his dreams he's south
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He's still kissing that ruby red mouth

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Oh the secret to a long life's knowing when it's time to go
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Oh the secret to a long life's knowing when it's time to go

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Oh....Oh....Oh....Oh..... (x3)

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The secret to a long life's knowing when it's time to go
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The secret to a long life's knowing when it's time to go
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The secret to a long life's knowing when it's time to go