Ballad Of Bill Pickett chords by
Hank Wangford
Hank Wangford

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Key: A major
Verse 1
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Long before white men
worked as cowboys,
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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 whiskey and a whore,
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and there's it all blue.
Bill
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Pickett 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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And that's a fact.
Oh
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Bill, ain't no use to
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Hollywood.
Oh
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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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Oh,
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Bill, ain't no use to
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Hollywood
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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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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
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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
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Billy, with his teeth
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Ain't no use to
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Hollywood with his teeth
Now
Bill
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Pickett was the first great
American cowboy
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He was the best, but he was black
He was a
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Negro,
Cherokee,
Indian cowboy
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Ain't no use to
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Hollywood, that's a fact
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Old
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Bill, ain't no use to
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Bill, ain't no use to
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Hollywood
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Bill, ain't no use to
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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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With his teeth for a
With his teeth for
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Ain't no use to
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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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With his teeth for a
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