Billy The Kid

	  		
Intro
   
Lead guitar
 


verse 1 
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I'll sing you a true song of Billy the Kid 
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I'll sing of some desperate deeds that he did 
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Way out in New Mexico long, long ago 
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When a man's only chance was his own forty-four 

verse 2 
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When Billy the Kid was a very young lad 
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In old Silver City he went to the bad 
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Way out in the West, with a gun in his hand 
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At the age of twelve years he did kill his first man 

verse 3 
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There's Mexican maidens play guitars and sing 
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Songs about Billy their boy bandit king 
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Ere his young manhood has reached his sad end 
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With a notch an his pistol for twenty one men 

verse 4 
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Was on a sad night when poor Billy died 
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He said to his friend I'm not satisfied 
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There's twenty one men I have put bullets through 
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Sheriff Pat Garrett must make twenty two 

Verse 5 
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I'll sing you how Billy the Kid met his fate 
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The bright moon was shining the hour was late 
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Shot down by Pat Garrett who once was his friend 
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The young outlaw's life is now come to an end 

Verse 6 
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There's many a man with a face fine and fair 
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Who start out in life with a chance to be square 
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Just like poor Billy they wander astray 
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They'll lose their lives in the very same way 


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