Steve Earle & The Dukes - Billy Austin Chords
Tempo:
71.35 bpm
Chords used:
G
D
A
Bm
B
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[D] My
[A] [D]
name is [G] Billy Austin.
[D]
[E] I'm 29 [D] years old.
I was [G] born in Oklahoma, in the [Bm] quarter of
Cherokee Island.
[A]
Don't remember [D] Oklahoma.
[G] It's been so long since I left [A] home.
Seems
like [G] I've always [B] been in prison.
[G] Like I've always [A] [D] meant to hurt [G] nobody.
Never thought
[D] I'd cross that [A] line.
[D] I held [G] up the filling [D] station like [Bm] I'd done.
[G] Kid done [D] like I told
him.
He [G] laid face down [A] on the floor.
[G] Guess I'll never [B] know what [Bm] made me turn [G] and walk
back through [B] that door.
[A] [D] Shot rang [G] out like thunder.
[A] My ears rang loud.
[G] No one [D] came running.
So [Bm] I called the cops myself.
[G] Took the time to [D] get there.
And [G] I guess I could run.
[D] [G] I knew
I should be feeling [Bm] something.
But [D] I never should have [Bm] cared what.
[A] [D] I didn't even make
the [G] papers.
Cause [A] I only killed [D] one man.
But [G] my trial was over [D] quickly.
When the [Bm] long hard
wait began.
[G] Court appointed [D] lawyer couldn't [G] love me like [A] he just [G] stood up.
Closed his
[Bm] briefcase.
I'm [G] next sentence need to [B] die.
[A] [D] Now my waiting's [G] over.
As the [A] fire drags [D] by.
I [G] ain't about to [D] tell you that [Bm] I don't deserve to die.
[G] Twenty seven [D] men a year.
Most [G] of black.
Brown and [A] poor.
[G] Most of all, I'm [Bm] guilty.
But [G] who are you to say for sure.
[A] [D] Some creature [G] comes
to hit me.
[A] And they [G] shave off [D] all my hair.
[G] Could you take that [D] long walk with me.
[Bm] No man
can help me.
[G] Could you pull that switch [D] yourself sir.
[G] I'm not sure.
Stay [A] hand.
[G] Could you still
pull [Bm] yourself sir.
I'm [G] sure better than [Bm] that.
[G] My name is Billy Austin.
[D] [G] Twenty nine [A] years old.
[G] Not my, not [Bm] woman.
[G] Caught a kid.
[B]
[A] [D]
name is [G] Billy Austin.
[D]
[E] I'm 29 [D] years old.
I was [G] born in Oklahoma, in the [Bm] quarter of
Cherokee Island.
[A]
Don't remember [D] Oklahoma.
[G] It's been so long since I left [A] home.
Seems
like [G] I've always [B] been in prison.
[G] Like I've always [A] [D] meant to hurt [G] nobody.
Never thought
[D] I'd cross that [A] line.
[D] I held [G] up the filling [D] station like [Bm] I'd done.
[G] Kid done [D] like I told
him.
He [G] laid face down [A] on the floor.
[G] Guess I'll never [B] know what [Bm] made me turn [G] and walk
back through [B] that door.
[A] [D] Shot rang [G] out like thunder.
[A] My ears rang loud.
[G] No one [D] came running.
So [Bm] I called the cops myself.
[G] Took the time to [D] get there.
And [G] I guess I could run.
[D] [G] I knew
I should be feeling [Bm] something.
But [D] I never should have [Bm] cared what.
[A] [D] I didn't even make
the [G] papers.
Cause [A] I only killed [D] one man.
But [G] my trial was over [D] quickly.
When the [Bm] long hard
wait began.
[G] Court appointed [D] lawyer couldn't [G] love me like [A] he just [G] stood up.
Closed his
[Bm] briefcase.
I'm [G] next sentence need to [B] die.
[A] [D] Now my waiting's [G] over.
As the [A] fire drags [D] by.
I [G] ain't about to [D] tell you that [Bm] I don't deserve to die.
[G] Twenty seven [D] men a year.
Most [G] of black.
Brown and [A] poor.
[G] Most of all, I'm [Bm] guilty.
But [G] who are you to say for sure.
[A] [D] Some creature [G] comes
to hit me.
[A] And they [G] shave off [D] all my hair.
[G] Could you take that [D] long walk with me.
[Bm] No man
can help me.
[G] Could you pull that switch [D] yourself sir.
[G] I'm not sure.
Stay [A] hand.
[G] Could you still
pull [Bm] yourself sir.
I'm [G] sure better than [Bm] that.
[G] My name is Billy Austin.
[D] [G] Twenty nine [A] years old.
[G] Not my, not [Bm] woman.
[G] Caught a kid.
[B]
Key:
G
D
A
Bm
B
G
D
A
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ My _
_ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ name is [G] Billy Austin.
[D] _ _
[E] I'm 29 [D] years old.
_ I was [G] born in Oklahoma, in the [Bm] quarter of
Cherokee Island.
_ _ [A] _ _
Don't remember [D] Oklahoma.
[G] It's been so long since I left [A] home.
_ Seems
like [G] I've always [B] been in prison.
_ [G] Like I've always _ _ _ [A] _ _ [D] meant to hurt [G] nobody.
_ Never thought
[D] I'd cross that [A] line.
[D] I held [G] up the filling [D] station like [Bm] I'd done. _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ Kid done [D] like I told
him.
He [G] laid face down [A] on the floor.
_ _ [G] Guess I'll never [B] know what [Bm] made me turn [G] and walk
back through [B] that door.
[A] _ _ [D] Shot rang [G] out like thunder.
_ [A] My ears rang loud.
_ _ _ [G] _ No one [D] came running.
So [Bm] I called the cops myself.
_ _ _ [G] _ Took the time to [D] get there.
And [G] I guess I could run.
[D] _ _ _ [G] I knew
I should be feeling [Bm] something.
But [D] I never should have [Bm] cared what.
[A] _ _ _ [D] I didn't even make
the [G] papers.
_ Cause [A] I only killed [D] one man.
But [G] my trial was over [D] quickly.
_ When the [Bm] long hard
wait began.
_ _ _ [G] _ Court appointed [D] lawyer couldn't _ [G] love me like [A] he just [G] stood up.
_ Closed his
[Bm] briefcase.
I'm [G] next sentence need to [B] die.
_ [A] _ [D] Now _ my waiting's [G] over.
_ As the [A] fire _ drags [D] by.
I _ [G] _ ain't about to [D] tell you that [Bm] I don't deserve to die.
_ _ [G] Twenty _ seven [D] men a year.
Most [G] of black.
Brown and [A] poor.
_ _ [G] _ _ Most of all, I'm [Bm] guilty.
But [G] who are you to say for sure.
_ [A] _ _ [D] Some creature [G] comes
to hit me.
_ [A] And they [G] shave off [D] all my hair.
[G] Could you take that [D] long walk with me.
[Bm] No man
can help me.
_ _ _ _ [G] _ Could you pull that switch [D] yourself sir.
[G] I'm not sure. _
Stay [A] hand.
_ _ _ [G] _ Could you still
pull [Bm] yourself sir.
I'm [G] sure better than [Bm] that.
_ _ [G] _ _ My name is Billy Austin.
[D] _ _ _ [G] Twenty nine [A] years old.
_ [G] Not my, not [Bm] woman.
_ [G] Caught a kid.
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ My _
_ [A] _ _ [D] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ name is [G] Billy Austin.
[D] _ _
[E] I'm 29 [D] years old.
_ I was [G] born in Oklahoma, in the [Bm] quarter of
Cherokee Island.
_ _ [A] _ _
Don't remember [D] Oklahoma.
[G] It's been so long since I left [A] home.
_ Seems
like [G] I've always [B] been in prison.
_ [G] Like I've always _ _ _ [A] _ _ [D] meant to hurt [G] nobody.
_ Never thought
[D] I'd cross that [A] line.
[D] I held [G] up the filling [D] station like [Bm] I'd done. _
_ _ _ _ [G] _ Kid done [D] like I told
him.
He [G] laid face down [A] on the floor.
_ _ [G] Guess I'll never [B] know what [Bm] made me turn [G] and walk
back through [B] that door.
[A] _ _ [D] Shot rang [G] out like thunder.
_ [A] My ears rang loud.
_ _ _ [G] _ No one [D] came running.
So [Bm] I called the cops myself.
_ _ _ [G] _ Took the time to [D] get there.
And [G] I guess I could run.
[D] _ _ _ [G] I knew
I should be feeling [Bm] something.
But [D] I never should have [Bm] cared what.
[A] _ _ _ [D] I didn't even make
the [G] papers.
_ Cause [A] I only killed [D] one man.
But [G] my trial was over [D] quickly.
_ When the [Bm] long hard
wait began.
_ _ _ [G] _ Court appointed [D] lawyer couldn't _ [G] love me like [A] he just [G] stood up.
_ Closed his
[Bm] briefcase.
I'm [G] next sentence need to [B] die.
_ [A] _ [D] Now _ my waiting's [G] over.
_ As the [A] fire _ drags [D] by.
I _ [G] _ ain't about to [D] tell you that [Bm] I don't deserve to die.
_ _ [G] Twenty _ seven [D] men a year.
Most [G] of black.
Brown and [A] poor.
_ _ [G] _ _ Most of all, I'm [Bm] guilty.
But [G] who are you to say for sure.
_ [A] _ _ [D] Some creature [G] comes
to hit me.
_ [A] And they [G] shave off [D] all my hair.
[G] Could you take that [D] long walk with me.
[Bm] No man
can help me.
_ _ _ _ [G] _ Could you pull that switch [D] yourself sir.
[G] I'm not sure. _
Stay [A] hand.
_ _ _ [G] _ Could you still
pull [Bm] yourself sir.
I'm [G] sure better than [Bm] that.
_ _ [G] _ _ My name is Billy Austin.
[D] _ _ _ [G] Twenty nine [A] years old.
_ [G] Not my, not [Bm] woman.
_ [G] Caught a kid.
_ [B] _ _ _ _ _ _
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