Steve Earle – Billy And Bonnie (Guitar)

Key
-

Auto-scroll

Chords

[Verse 1]
G                C       G    C G
Billy was 17 and mean as hell

                               D       G    D G
Bonnie said she was 30, it was hard to tell

                      C        G     C G
Billy met Bonnie on a Saturday night

                                D             G
At the dirt track races, it was love at first sight

                           C         G     C G
Bonnie was wilder than the west wind blows

                          D        G     D G
Taught Billy every single thing he knows

                              C        G   C G
But she never told billy what she left out

                                     D          G   D G
The part about the trouble when your times runs out
[Bridge]
                   C                         G     C G
When the thrill is gone, when your deal goes south

                        D         G   D G
It's all over when your time runs out
[Verse 2]
G                              C          G    C G
Bonnie said, "Billy, don't you think it's time

   G                         D        G     D G
We moved on a little further down the line"

        G                    C        G    C G
So they knocked off a Texaco south of town

G                              D      G    D G
Blew down the highway with the rag-top down

G                    C           G     C G
Billy woke Bonnie up about first light

       G                          D      G     D G
Said, "You drive honey, I've been up all night"

    G                        C G C G
Now Billy wasn't sweatin' no APB

            G                            D      G   D G
'Cause they didn't leave a single soul alive to see
[Bridge]
G                C                 G     C G
The boy was just 16, made his mama proud

G                                 D         G   D G
That don't mean nothin' when your time runs out
[Verse 3]
G                        C    G  C G
Bonnie kept pushin' that Cadillac

G                         D           G   D G
Billy passed out with the seat reared back

      G                       C         G   C G
Slept through Louisiana, then just past dark

G                       D        G   D G
Bonnie pulled over in a roadside park

G                           C          G   C G
Left Billy sleeping and she called the cops

G                              D        G      D G
He never knew nothin' when the dime was dropped

G                    C      G C G
Bonnie knew what she had to do

G                              D        G  D G
She called the sheriff and she cried on cue
[Bridge]
G                C                 G   C  G
And the state police rousted Billy out

G                                     D        G  D G
He was dreaming about Bonnie when his time ran out
[Verse 4]
G                                    C        G  C G
The sheriff told Billy, "Boy, you're bound to die

G                              D    G D G
'Cause this young lady's gonna testify

G                             C        G   C G
That you done took her off against her will

G                                         D       G       D G
And she told us about the robbery and the boy you killed"

G                                C      G   C G
The judge said, "Billy, what you got to say

G                                D     G D G
Before I have the sheriff carry you away"

G                         C      G  C G
Billy looked Bonnie right in the eye

G                          D       G  D G
But he didn't even have to ask her why
[Bridge]
G             C                      G  C G
But he turned around as they led him out

               G                              D          G
He said, "I'll see you down in hell when your time runs out"