Robert Earl Keen – Billy Gray (Guitar)
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Chords
[Intro]
Note: use this picking pattern for each chord throughout
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[Verse 1]
D G D A* Billy Gray rode in to Gantry, back in eighty-three G D D A* A There he did meet young Sarah McCray D G D A* That wild rose of morning, that pale flower dawning, G D A D D* Herald of springtime in his young life that day.
[Verse 2]
D G D A* Sarah she could not see the daylight of reality, G D D A* A In her young eyes Billy bore not a flaw. D G D A* Knowing not her chosen one was a hired gun, G D A D D* Wanted in Kansas City by the law.
[Instrumental]
D G D A* G D A D D* v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v e|-2--2---2-|-3--3---3-|-2--2-----|-------0--|-3--3-----|-2--2-----|----0-----|-2--2-----|-3--2-----| B|------3---|------0---|------3---|-3--2-----|------0---|------3---|-2----2---|------3---|------3---| G|---2---2--|---0---0--|---2---2--|---2------|---0---0--|---2---2--|-------2--|---2---2--|---2---2--| x2 D|-0--------|----------|-0--------|------2---|----------|-0--------|---2------|-0--------|-0--------| A|----------|----------|----------|-0--------|----------|----------|-0--------|----------|----------| E|----------|-3--------|----------|----------|-3--------|----------|----------|----------|----------|
[Verse 3]
D G D A* Then one day a tall man, came riding 'cross the bad lands, G D D A* A That lie to the north of New Mexico. D G D A* He was overheard to say he was lookin' for Billy Grey, G D A D D* A ruthless man and a dangerous outlaw.
[Verse 4]
D G D A* The deadly news came creeping, while Billy lie sleeping, G D D A* A There in the Claredon Bar and Hotel. D G D A* He fled toward the old church, there on the outskirts, G D A D D* Thinking he'd climb that old steeple bell. D G D A* A rifle ball came flying, face down he lay dying, G D D A A There in the dust of the road where he fell. D G D A* Sarah she ran to him, cursing the lawman, G D A D D* Accepting no reason, just knowing he was killed.
[Instrumental]
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[Verse 5]
D G D A* Sarah lives in that same old white frame house G D D A* A* Where she first met Billy some forty years ago. D G D A* The wild rose of morning has faded with the dawning G D A D D* Of each day of sorrow the long years had sown. D G D A* Written on a stone where the dusty winds had long blown, G D D A* A Eighteen words to a passing world say: D G D A* "True love knows no season, no rhyme nor no reason, G D A D* Justice is cold as the Grainger county clay."
[Outro]
D G D A* Yes, True love knows no season, no rhyme nor no reason, G D A D Justice is cold as the Grainger county clay.