Billy and Bonnie
Billy and Bonnie

Billy and Bonnie easy guitar chords by Steve Earle

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    • Verse 1
    Billy 
    was 
    seventeen 
    and 
    mean 
    as 
    hell 

    Bonnie 
    said 
    she 
    was 
    thirty, 

    it 
    was 
    hard 
    to tell 

    Now 
    Billy 
    met 
    Bonnie 
    on 
    a Saturday 
    night 

    At 
    the 
    dirt 
    track 
    races, 

    Verse 2
    it 
    was 
    love 
    at 
    first 
    sight 


    Now 
    Bonnie 
    was 
    wilder 
    than 

    the 
    west 
    wind 
    blows 

    Taught 
    Billy 
    every 
    single 
    thing 
    he 
    knows 

    But 
    she 
    never 
    told 
    Billy 
    what 
    she 
    left 
    out 

    The 
    part 
    about 
    the 
    trouble 
    when 

    your 
    times 
    run
    s out 

    Verse 3
    When 
    the thrill 
    is 
    gone, 

    when 
    your 
    deal 
    goes 
    south 

    It's 
    all 
    over 
    when 
    your 
    time 

    run
    s out 

    Interlude 1

    Verse 4
    Well 
    Bonnie 
    said, 
    "Billy, 

    don't 
    you 
    think 
    it's 
    time 

    We 
    moved 
    on 
    a 
    little 
    further 
    down 
    the 
    line" 

    So 
    they knocked 
    off 
    a 

    Texaco south 
    of 
    town 

    Blew 
    down 
    the 
    highway 

    with 
    the 
    ragtop down 

    Verse 5

    Now 
    Billy 
    woke 
    Bonnie 

    up about 
    day
    light 

    Said, 
    "You 
    drive 
    honey, 

    I've 
    been 
    up 
    all 
    night" 

    Now 
    Billy 
    wasn't 
    sweatin' 

    no 
    APB 

    'Cause 
    he 
    didn't 
    leave 

    a single 
    soul 
    alive 
    to see 

    Verse 6
    He 
    was 
    just 
    six
    teen, 

    made 
    his 
    mama 
    proud 

    That 
    don't 
    mean 
    nothin' 

    when 
    your 
    time 
    runs 
    out 

    Verse 7
    Now 

    Bonnie 

    kept 
    pushin' 
    that 
    Cadillac 

    Billy 
    passed 
    out 
    with 

    the seat 
    reared 
    back 

    Slept 
    through 
    Louisiana, 

    then 
    just 
    past 
    dark 

    Bonnie 
    pulled 
    over 
    in 
    a 
    road
    side 
    park 

    Verse 8
    Left 
    Billy 
    sleeping 
    and 
    she 
    called 
    the 
    cops 

    He 
    never 
    knew 
    nothin' 
    when 

    the 
    dime 
    was 
    dropped 

    Now 
    Bon
    nie 
    knew 
    what 
    she 
    had 
    to 
    do 

    She 
    called 
    the sheriff 
    and 
    she 
    cried 
    on 
    cue 

    And 
    the state 
    police 
    Verse 9
    rousted 
    Billy 
    out 

    He 
    was 
    dreaming 
    about 
    Bonnie 
    when 

    his 
    time 
    run 
    out 

    Interlude 2

    Well 
    the sheriff 
    told 
    Verse 10
    Billy, 
    "Boy, 

    you're 
    bound 
    to 
    die 

    'Cause 
    this 
    young 
    lady's 

    gonna 
    testi
    fy 

    That 
    you 
    done 
    took 
    her 
    off 
    against 
    her 
    will 

    And 
    she 
    told 
    us 
    about 
    the 
    robbery 

    and 
    the 
    boy 
    you 
    killed" 

    Now 
    the 
    judge 
    said, 
    "Billy, 

    what 
    you 
    got 
    to 
    say 

    Before 
    I 
    have 
    the sheriff 

    carry 
    you 
    away" 

    Now 
    Billy 
    looked 
    Bonnie 
    right 
    in 
    the 
    eye 

    But 
    he 
    didn't 
    even 
    have 
    to 
    ask 
    her 
    why 

    But 
    he turned 
    around 
    when 

    they 
    led 
    him 
    out 

    He said 
    I'll 
    see 
    you 
    down 
    in 

    hell 
    when your 
    time 
    runs 
    out 

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