Chords for Ballad of Billy the Kid
Tempo:
142.25 bpm
Chords used:
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret

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I'll sing you the true [A] song of Billy the Kid.
[D] I'll sing you the desperate [A] deeds that he did
[D] Way out in New Mexico [G] long years ago
[D] When a man's only protection [A] was a big [D] 44.
When Billy the Kid [A] was a very young lad
Silver City [A] he went to the battle.
the west [G] with a gun in his hand
twelve years [A] he killed his [D] first man.
[D] I'll sing you the desperate [A] deeds that he did
[D] Way out in New Mexico [G] long years ago
[D] When a man's only protection [A] was a big [D] 44.
When Billy the Kid [A] was a very young lad
Silver City [A] he went to the battle.
the west [G] with a gun in his hand
twelve years [A] he killed his [D] first man.
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I'll sing you the true [A] song of Billy the Kid. _
[D] I'll sing you the desperate [A] deeds that he did
[D] Way out in New Mexico [G] long years ago
[D] When a man's only protection [A] was a big [D] 44. _ _
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_ _ When Billy the Kid [A] was a very young lad
[D] In old Silver City [A] he went to the battle.
[D] Way out in the west [G] with a gun in his hand
[D] At the age of twelve years [A] he killed his [D] first man. _ _ _
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[D] Fair Mexican _ maidens [A] played guitars and sang _
[D] _ All about Billy [A] their boy bander king. _
[D] There his manhood [G] had come to an end
[D] He'd notch his own pistol [A] for twenty [D]-one men.
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It was on the same morning [A] that young Billy died _ _
[D] Said to his friends, boys [A] I'm not satisfied _ _
[D] Twenty-one [F#m] men [G] I've put bullets through _
[D] Sheriff Pat Garrett's gonna [A] make twenty [D]-two. _
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_ _ And this way Billy [A] the Kid met his fate
[D] The moon was high [A] and the hour was late
_ [D] Shot down by Pat Garrett [G] who once was his friend
[D] And this way Billy [A] the Kid met [D] his end. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Now there's many a young man with [A] a face fine and fair _ _
[D] Started out a life with [A] a chance to be square _
[D] But just like Billy he [G] _ wanders astray
[D] And loses his life in [A] the very [D] same way. _
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_ _ [Bm] _ I'll [D] sing you a true song of Billy the Kid _ _
_ I'll sing you the desperate _ deeds that he did
_ _ Way out in New Mexico _ _
[G] _ long years ago
_ [D] When a man's only protection _ _ was [A] a big _ _ [D] .44. _ _ _ _ _
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I'll sing you the true [A] song of Billy the Kid. _
[D] I'll sing you the desperate [A] deeds that he did
[D] Way out in New Mexico [G] long years ago
[D] When a man's only protection [A] was a big [D] 44. _ _
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_ _ When Billy the Kid [A] was a very young lad
[D] In old Silver City [A] he went to the battle.
[D] Way out in the west [G] with a gun in his hand
[D] At the age of twelve years [A] he killed his [D] first man. _ _ _
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[D] Fair Mexican _ maidens [A] played guitars and sang _
[D] _ All about Billy [A] their boy bander king. _
[D] There his manhood [G] had come to an end
[D] He'd notch his own pistol [A] for twenty [D]-one men.
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It was on the same morning [A] that young Billy died _ _
[D] Said to his friends, boys [A] I'm not satisfied _ _
[D] Twenty-one [F#m] men [G] I've put bullets through _
[D] Sheriff Pat Garrett's gonna [A] make twenty [D]-two. _
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_ _ And this way Billy [A] the Kid met his fate
[D] The moon was high [A] and the hour was late
_ [D] Shot down by Pat Garrett [G] who once was his friend
[D] And this way Billy [A] the Kid met [D] his end. _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Now there's many a young man with [A] a face fine and fair _ _
[D] Started out a life with [A] a chance to be square _
[D] But just like Billy he [G] _ wanders astray
[D] And loses his life in [A] the very [D] same way. _
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_ _ [Bm] _ I'll [D] sing you a true song of Billy the Kid _ _
_ I'll sing you the desperate _ deeds that he did
_ _ Way out in New Mexico _ _
[G] _ long years ago
_ [D] When a man's only protection _ _ was [A] a big _ _ [D] .44. _ _ _ _ _
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