The Ballad of Billy the Kid Chords by Billy Joel

[Start]

[Intro]
G Em7 F G Em7 F C G
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Em7 F C G Am7 Dsus4
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G7 C G
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[Verse]
            Em                     F       
From a town known as Wheeling West Virginia
       G          Em            F    D
Rode a boy with a sixgun in his hand ■
        G              Em   
And his daring life of crime
           F             C   
Made him a legend in his time
         Am7         Dsus4     
East and west of the Rio Grande
Gsus4 C G Gsus4 C G
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                       Em      F       
Well he started with a bank in Colorado
       G             Em             F   D
In the pocket of his vest a Colt he hid ■
        G           Em  
And his age and his size
         F         C       
Took the teller by surprise
Am7                 Dsus4              Gsus4
And the word spread ■     of Billy the Kid  
     C G7 G C                 D    
Well ■ ■  ■ he never traveled heavy


[Chorus]
    Em             Bm7  
Yes he always rode alone
       C                           Gsus4
And he soon put many older guns to shame
       C           D         
And he never had a sweetheart
       Em7   Em    Bm7 
And he never had a home
        C                               Dsus4 D
But the cowboy and the rancher knew his name  ■
        G                   Em      F       
Well he robbed his way from Utah to Oklahoma
        G                  Em                F    Em D
And the law just could not seem to track him down ■  ■
       G                     
And it served his legend well
        F                   C   
For the folks they loved to tell
Am7                  Dsus4       Gsus4
'bout when Billy the Kid came to town 


[Solo]
G Gsus4 C G C F Em7 G
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F G C F G F G C
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F G Bb C Bb F Gsus4 C
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G Dm7 C G
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[Verse]
                    Em             F    
Well one cold day a posse captured Billy
        G                                    F   D
And the judge said String him up for what he did ■
        G                 Em 
And the cowboys and their kin
         F                C 
Like the sea came pourin' in
         Am7         Dsus4              Gsus4 C
To watch the hanging ■     of Billy the Kid   ■


[Chorus]
G         C              D    
■ Well he never traveled heavy
       Em          Bm7  
Yes he always rode alone
       C                           Gsus4
And he soon put many older guns to shame
       C           D         
And he never had a sweetheart
       Em7     Em      B7  
But he finally found a home
C                                             Dsus4 D
Underneath the boot hill grave that bears his name  ■
       G             Em         F          
From a town known as Oyster Bay Long Island
G                 Em             F    Em7
Rode a boy with a sixpack in his hand ■  
D         G              Em   
■ And his daring life of crime
           F             C   
Made him a legend in his time
G        Am          Dsus4     
East and west of the Rio Grande


[Solo]
Gsus4 G Gsus4 C G C G F
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G C F G C F C G
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[Outro]
F C Bb C Bb F Bb C
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Bb F G C
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[End]