Billy the Kid

Billy the Kid easy guitar chords by Ry Cooder

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  • Verse 1
    (Traditional, arranged by 

    Ry 
    Cooder) 

    (G) - (D) 

    Verse 2
    (G) I'll sing you 
    a true 
    song 

    of (D) Billy 
    the (G) Kid 

    I'll 
    (D) sing 
    the 
    record 

    of (G) deed
    s that 
    he did 

    Way 
    out 
    in New Mexico 

    long 
    time 
    (D) ago 

    When a 
    (G) man's 
    only friend 
    was 
    his 
    (D) own 

    forty- 
    (G)
    four 

    Verse 3
    Now when 
    Billy 
    the Kid 

    was 
    a very 
    young 
    lad 

    In 
    old 
    Silver 
    City 
    he 
    went to 
    the bad 

    Way 
    out west 
    with 
    a knife 
    in his hand 

    At the 
    age 
    of twelve years 

    he killed 
    his 
    first 
    man 

    Verse 4

    Fair 
    Mexican 
    maidens 
    play 

    guitars 
    and sing 

    Songs 
    about 
    Billy 
    their 
    boy 
    bandit 
    king 

    Before 
    this young 
    manhood 

    reached 
    its sad 
    end 

    He'd a 
    notch 
    on his pistol 
    for 
    twenty 
    one 
    men 

    Interlude 1







    Verse 5
    It was 
    on 
    one black 
    night 

    that poor 
    Billy 
    died 

    He 
    said 
    to his 
    friends, 
    "I'm not 
    sat
    isfied 

    There's 
    twenty 
    one 
    men 

    that I've 
    put bul
    lets through 

    And 
    sheriff 
    Pat 
    Garrett's 

    gonna 
    make 
    twenty-two" 

    Well, 
    Verse 6
    Well, 

    this 
    is how Billy 
    the 
    Kid met 
    his fate 

    big moon 
    was shining 

    and 
    the 
    hour 
    was late 

    Shot 
    down by 
    Pat Garrett, 

    Silver 
    City's 
    best 
    friend 

    The 
    poor 
    outlaw's 
    life 
    have 
    reached 

    its 
    sad 
    end 

    Outro 1



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