Chords for Billy the Kid - Ry Cooder mandolin cover

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_ I'll sing you what to tell Billy the Kid.
[D] I'll sing you the record [G] of things that it did.
We're out in New Mexico a long time ago, where a man's only friend [D] was his own [G] 44.
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_ _ Now Billy the Kid was a very young lad.
[D] In the old shelter city [G] he went to the bat.
The way out was with a knife in his hand.
At the age of 12 years [D] he killed his [G] first man.
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_ _ Now Mexican _ ladies play guitars and sing _ [D] _
songs about Billy, [G] their boy bandit king.
_ Before this young man who had reached insanity _ had not stoned his pistol [D] before 21.
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_ _ was on one dark night poor Billy died [D] and said to his friend,
[G] I'm not satisfied with these 21 men that I've put bullets through.
And [Em] Chef [G] Pat Garrett is [D] gonna make [G] 22. _
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_ Well this is how Billy the Kid met his fate.
[D] The big moon was shining, [G] the hour was late.
_ Shot down by Pat Garrett, Silver City's best friend, and the poor outlaw's life [D] had reached its [G] end.
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