The Ballad Of Billy The Kid chords by
Billy Joel
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Key: G major•
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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From a town known as Wheeling, West Virginia
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Rode a boy with a six gun in his hand
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And his daring life of crime
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Made him a legend in his time
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East and west of the Rio
Grande.
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Verse 2
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Well he started with a bank in Colorado
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In the pocket of his vest,
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a Colt he hid
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And his age and his size
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Took the teller by surprise
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And, the word spread
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of Billy the kid
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Verse 3
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Well he never traveled heavy
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Yes he always rode alone
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And he soon put many
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older guns to shame
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And he never had a sweetheart
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And he never had a home
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But the cowboy and the rancher
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knew his name
Verse 4
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Well he robbed his way from Utah
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to Oklahoma
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And the largest could not seem
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to track him down
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And it served his legend well
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For the folks they loved to tell about
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When Billy the kid came to town.
Interlude 1
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Verse 5
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Well one cold day a pos
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se captured Billy
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And the judge said String him up
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for what he did.
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And the cowboys and their kin
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Like the sea, came pouring in
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To watch the hanging
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of Billy the kid.
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Verse 6
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Well he never traveled heavy
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Yes he always rode alone
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And he soon put many older
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guns to shame
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And he never had a sweetheart
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But he fi nally found a home
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Under the boot hill grave
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that bears his name.
Verse 7
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From a town known as Oyster
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Bay Long Island
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Rode a boy with a six pack
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in his hand
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And his daring life of crime
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Made him a legend in his time
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East and west of the Rio Grande.
Outro 1
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