Ballad Of Bill Pickett chords by
Hank Wangford

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Key: A major•

Verse 1

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A

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D

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E

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Music

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A

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E

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A

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D

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A

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Long before white men

worked as cowboys,

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D

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It was blacks and

Indians and

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Mexicans too.

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They earned so little,

three months on the trail,

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With whis_ key and a whore,

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E

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A

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and there's it all blue.

Bill

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Pick_ ett was the first great

American cowboy.

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He was the best.

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But he was black.

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He was a negro,

Cherokee,

Indian cowboy.

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Ain't no use to

Hollywood.

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E

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And that's a fact.

Oh

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A

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D

D

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Bill, ain't no use to

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Hollywood.

Oh

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D

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Bill, ain't no use to

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Hollywood.

Now,

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Pickett brought bulldogging into the rodeo

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No -one had tried it

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Bill's way before

Cos

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Bill didn't need no lassoos nor nothing

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Just bare hands and teeth and

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got the bull on the floor

Oh

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Bill, ain't no use to

Hollywood

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A

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Oh,

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D

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Bill, ain't no use to

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E

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A

A

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D

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Hollywood

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D

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You see,

Bill would reach over and grab

the bull by the horns.

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He got pulled off his horse and

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dragged the steer's head around.

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Bill bites the bull's lip and

sinks his teeth in.

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Let's go his hands and choose

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the bull to the ground.

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Oh

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Bill, ain't no use to

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Hollywood.

Oh

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D

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Bill, ain't no use to

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Hollywood.

Now

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Bill had a lot of friends in the rodeo.

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He worked with

Tom

Mix and

Will

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Rogers too.

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But they were both white and

Bill was a

Zambo

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So they got rich and famous and

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Bill stayed blue

Oh

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Bill, he ain't no use to

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Hollywood

Oh

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Billy, with his teeth

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Ain't no use to

Hollywood

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With his teeth

Oh

A

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Billy, with his teeth

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Ain't no use to

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A

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D

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Hollywood with his teeth

Now

Bill

A

A

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Pick_ ett was the first great

American cowboy

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D

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E

E

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He was the best, but he was black

He was a

A

A

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Negro,

Cherokee,

Indian cowboy

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D

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Ain't no use to

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E

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Hollywood, that's a fact

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A

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Old

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Bill, ain't no use to

Hollywood

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Old

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Bill, ain't no use to

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Hollywood

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A

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Old

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Bill, ain't no use to

Hollywood

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A

A

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With his teeth for a billion

With his teeth for

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Ain't no use to

Hollywood

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A

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With his teeth for a

With his teeth for

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D

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Ain't no use to

Hollywood

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E

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A

A

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With his teeth for a

With his teeth for

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Ain't no use to

Hollywood

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A

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With his teeth for a

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