Billy The Kid original guitar chords by 
Marty Robbins 
Key: E major•
Intro 1
E
E
E
E
[Tremolo] [Tremolo]
Verse 1
E
B7
I'll sing you a true song of Billy the Kid
E
B7
I'll sing of some desperate deeds that he did
E
A
Way out in New Mexico long long ago
B7
E
was his own fortyfour
Em
[Tremolo]
Bridge 1
Em
B7
When Billy the Kid was a very young lad
Em
B7
In old Silver City he went to the bad
Em
Am
Way out in the West with a gun in his hand
B7
Em
he did kill his first man
E
[Tremolo]
Verse 2
E
B7
There's Mexican maidens play guitars and sing
E
B7
Songs about Billy, their boy bandit king
E
B7
E
With a notch on his pistol for twenty one men
Em
[Tremolo]
Bridge 2
Em
B7
Was on a sad night when poor Billy died
Em
B7
He said to his friend, "I'm not safisfied
Em
B7
Em
Sheriff Pat Garrett must make twenty two!"
E
[Tremolo]
Verse 3
E
B7
I'll sing you how Billy the Kid met his fate
E
B7
E
The young outlaw's life is now come to an end
Em
[Tremolo]
Bridge 3
Em
B7
There's many a man with a face fine and fair
Em
Am
Just like poor Billy they wander astray
Em
B7
They'll lose their lives in the very same way
Em
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsE B7 A Em Am
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