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

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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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Well, he started with a bank in Colorado

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In the pocket of his vest, 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 of billy the kid

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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 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 knew his name

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Well he robbed his way from Utah to Oklahoma

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And the law just could not seem to track him down

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And it served his legend well

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For the folks they'd love 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

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And the judge said "String 'I'm 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

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Yes, he always rode alone

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And he soon put other older guns to shame

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And he never had a sweetheart

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But he finally found a home

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Underneath the boot hill grave that bears his name

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From a town known as Oyster Bay, Long Island

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Rode a boy with a six-pack 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