Key: G major
Verse 1
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(Traditional, arranged by
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Ry Cooder)
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Verse 2
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(G) I'll sing you a true song
of (D) Billy the (G) Kid
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I'll (D) sing the record
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of (G) deeds that he did
Way out in New Mexico a
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long time (D) ago
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When a (G) man's only friend was his (D) own
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forty- (G)four
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Verse 3
Now when Billy the Kid
was a very young lad
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In old Silver City he went to the bad
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Way out west with a knife in his hand
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At the age of twelve years
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he killed his first man
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Verse 4
Fair Mexican maidens play
guitars and sing
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Songs about Billy their boy bandit king
Before this young manhood
reached its sad end
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He'd a notch on his pistol for twenty one men
Interlude 1
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Verse 5
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It was on one black night
that poor Billy died
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He said to his friends, "I'm not satisfied
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There's twenty one men
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that I've put bullets through
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And sheriff Pat Garrett's
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gonna make twenty-two"
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Well,
Verse 6
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Well,
this is how Billy the Kid met his fate
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A big moon was shining
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and the hour was late
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Shot down by Pat Garrett,
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Silver City's best friend
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The poor outlaw's life have reached
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its sad end
Outro 1
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