Chords for Billy Joel - The Ballad of Billy the Kid (Audio)

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From a town known [Em] as Wheeling, West [F] Virginia, _
[Bb] _ [F] [G] Wrote a boy [Em] with a six-gun in his [C] hand,
[D] _ _ [G] And his daring life of [Em] crime, [F] Made him a legend in his [C] time,
[G] [Am] East and West of the [Dm] Rio Grande.
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Well, he started with [Em] a bank in [F] Colorado, _ [G] In the pocket [Em] of his vest, a [F] Colt he [C] hid,
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[G] And his age [Em] and his size, [F] Took a teller by [C] [G] surprise,
And [Am] the word [C] spread of Billy [F] the Kid.
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_ _ _ [G] _ _ [C] Well, he never [D] traveled heavy, [Em] Yes, he always [Bm] rode alone,
[C] And he soon put [Am] many older [F] guns to shame.
_ [C] And he never had a [D] sweetheart, [Em] And he never had a [Bm] home,
[G] [C] But the cowboy and the rancher knew [Am] his [D] name.
_ [G] Well, he robbed his [Em] way from Utah to [F] Oklahoma, _ [G] And the lodgers [Em] could not seem to [F] track him [C] down,
[D] _ [G] And it served this legend [Em] well, For [F] the folks they loved [C] to [G] tell,
About [Am] when Billy [E] the Kid [Dm] came to [C] town. _ _
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Well, one cold day [Em] a posse captured [F] Billy, _ _ [G] And the judge said,
[Em] String him up for what he [F] did.
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[G] The cowboys [Em] and their kin, [F] Like the sea, came [C] pouring [G] in,
To [Am] watch the hanging [F] of Billy the Kid.
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_ _ _ [G] _ [C] Well, he never [D] traveled heavy, [Em] Yes, he always rode [G] alone,
And [C] he soon put many [Am] older [Dm] guns to shame.
_ And [C] he never [D] had a sweetheart, But [Em] he finally [Bm] found a home,
[C] Underneath the boot-hilled grave that bears [D] his _ name.
[G] From a town [Em] known as Oyster [F] Bay, Long Island,
_ _ [G] Rode a boy with [Em] a six-pack in [F] his [C] hands.
[D] _ [G] And his daring [Em] life of [F] crime, Made him a legend in his [C] time,
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[Am] East and West of the Rio [Dm] Grande.
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