Billy Joel – The Ballad Of Billy The Kid (Guitar)

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From a town known as Wheeling, West Virginia,      rode a boy with a six-gun in his hand

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And his daring life of crime,  made him a legend in his time

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East and west of the Rio Grande

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Well, he started with a bank in Colorado, in the pocket of his vest, a Colt he hid

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And his age and his size, took the teller by surprise

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And    the word spread  of Billy the Kid

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Well, he never traveled heavy, yes, he always rode alone

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And he soon put many older guns to shame

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And he never had a sweetheart, and he never had a home

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But the cowboy and the rancher knew his name

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Well, he robbed his way from Utah to Oklahoma,and the law just could not seem to track him down

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And it served his legend well, for the folks, they loved to tell

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'Bout when Billy the Kid came to town

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Well, one cold day a posse captured Billy,   and the judge said, "String 'im up for what he did!"

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And the cowboys and their kin, like the sea came pourin' in

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To watch   the hangin',  of Billy the Kid

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Well, he never traveled heavy, yes, he always rode alone

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And he soon put many older guns to shame

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And he never had a sweetheart, but he finally found a home

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Underneath the boothill grave that bears his name

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From a town known as Oyster Bay, Long Island,        rode a boy with a six-pack in his hand

         G              Em                F             C 
And his daring life of crime, made him a legend in his time

G        Am7         D7sus             
East and west of the Rio Grande