tp tp E|-------0-2-|-4-------4-5-|-7-----7-7-|-9--7----9-|-7------|--------| B|-0-2-4-----|-------------|-------9-9-|-9--9----9-|-9------|--------| G|-----------|-------------|-----------|-----------|--------|--------| D|-----------|-------------|-----------|-----------|--------|--------| A|-----------|-------------|-----------|-----------|--------|--------| E|-----------|-------------|-----------|-----------|--------|--------| | | Rhythm Guitar E|-----------|------0--0---|----0--0---|----0--0---|---0--0-|---0--0--| B|-----------|------0--0---|----0--0---|----0--0---|---0--0-|---0--0--| G|-----------|------1--1---|----1--1---|----1--1---|---1--0-|---1--1--| D|-----------|-2-----------|-----------|-2---------|--------|-2-------| A|-----------|-------------|-2---------|-----------|-2------|---------| E|-----------|-------------|-----------|-----------|--------|---------| I'll sing... [Verse 1] E B7 I'll sing you a true song of Billy the Kid E B7 I'll sing of some desperate deeds that he did E A Way out in New Mexico long, long ago E B7 E Em When a man's only chance was his own forty-four [Verse 2] Em B7 When Billy the Kid was a very young lad Em B7 In old Silver City he went to the bad Em Am Way out in the West, with a gun in his hand Em B7 Em E At the age of twelve years he did kill his first man [Verse 3] E B7 There's Mexican maidens play guitars and sing E B7 Songs about Billy their boy bandit king E A Ere his young manhood has reached his sad end E B7 E Em With a notch an his pistol for twenty one men [Verse 4] Em B7 Was on a sad night when poor Billy died Em B7 He said to his friend I'm not satisfied Em Am There's twenty one men I have put bullets through Em B7 Em E Sheriff Pat Garrett must make twenty two [Verse 5] E B7 I'll sing you how Billy the Kid met his fate E B7 The bright moon was shining the hour was late E A Shot down by Pat Garrett who once was his friend E B7 E Em The young outlaw's life is now come to an end [Verse 6] Em B7 There's many a man with a face fine and fair Em B7 Who start out in life with a chance to be square Em Am Just like poor Billy they wander astray Em B7 Em They'll lose their lives in the very same way