The Ballad of Billy the Kid

	 
[Intro]
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[Versetto]
        G            Em            
From a town known as Wheeling, West
     F            G         
 Virginia, rode a boy with a
  Em             F - C - D 
 six-gun in his hand 
From a town known as Wheeling, West Virginia, rode a boy with a six-gun in his hand 
        G               Em         
And his daring life of crime,  made
         F            C - G 
 him a legend in his time 
And his daring life of crime,  made him a legend in his time 
         Am7        
East and west of the Rio
 D7sus    F/G - C/G   C/G - G 
 Grande
East and west of the Rio Grande
[Versetto]
            G           Em     
Well, he started with a bank in
      F             G          
 Colorado, in the pocket of his
  Em              F - C - D 
 vest, a Colt he hid 
Well, he started with a bank in Colorado, in the pocket of his vest, a Colt he hid 
        G            Em           
And his age and his size, took the
  F             C - G 
 teller by surprise 
And his age and his size, took the teller by surprise 
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And the word spread of Billy the
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 Kid
And the word spread of Billy the Kid
[Ritornello]
         C               D         
Well, he never traveled heavy, yes,
    Em            Bm 
 he always rode alone 
Well, he never traveled heavy, yes, he always rode alone 
         C            C/D         
And he soon put many older guns to
    G7sus 
 shame 
And he soon put many older guns to shame 
         C           D               
And he never had a sweetheart, and he
  Em          Bm 
 never had a home 
And he never had a sweetheart, and he never had a home 
        C                          
But the cowboy and the rancher knew
          Dsus4   D 
 his name
But the cowboy and the rancher knew his name
[Versetto]
          G                  Em     
Well, he robbed his way from Utah to
      F            G                
 Oklahoma,and the law just could not
  Em              F-C-D 
 seem to track him down 
Well, he robbed his way from Utah to Oklahoma,and the law just could not seem to track him down 
         G               Em       
And it served his legend well, for
      F                      C
 the folks, they'd love to tell
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And it served his legend well, for the folks, they'd love to tell 
            Am7         D7sus   
'Bout when Billy the Kid came to
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 town
'Bout when Billy the Kid came to town
[Strumentale]
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[Versetto]
       G              Em           
Well, one cold day a posse captured
  F              G                 
 Billy, and the judge said, "String
     Em             F-C-D 
 'im up for what he did!" 
Well, one cold day a posse captured Billy, and the judge said, "String 'im up for what he did!" 
         G                Em       
And the cowboys and their kin, like
      F               C - G 
 the sea came pourin' in 
And the cowboys and their kin, like the sea came pourin' in 
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To watch the hangin',  of Billy the
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 Kid
To watch the hangin',  of Billy the Kid
[Ritornello]
          C               D        
Well, he never traveled heavy, yes,
    Em            Bm 
 he always rode alone 
Well, he never traveled heavy, yes, he always rode alone 
         C           C/D          
And he soon put many older guns to
   G7sus 
 shame 
And he soon put many older guns to shame 
        C            D               
And he never had a sweetheart, but he
  Em              Bm 
 finally found a home 
And he never had a sweetheart, but he finally found a home 
       C                          
Underneath the boothill grave that
             Dsus4   D 
 bears his name
Underneath the boothill grave that bears his name
[Outro]
        G            Em              
From a town known as Oyster Bay, Long
  F              G         Em      
 Island, rode a boy with a six-pack
         F - C - D 
 in his hand 
From a town known as Oyster Bay, Long Island, rode a boy with a six-pack in his hand 
         G              Em        
And his daring life of crime, made
        F             C - G 
 him a legend in his time 
And his daring life of crime, made him a legend in his time 
          Am7 D7sus     
East and west of the Rio
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 Grande
East and west of the Rio Grande