[Verse 1]
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I'll sing you a true song of Billy the Kid
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I'll sing you the record of deeds that he did
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Way out in New Mexico a long time ago
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When a man's only friend was his own forty-four
[Verse 2]
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Now 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 west with a knife in his hand
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At the age of twelve years
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he killed his first man
[Verse 3]
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Fair Mexican maidens play guitars and sing
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Songs about Billy, their boy bandit king
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Before his young manhood had reached its sad end
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He'd a notch on his pistol for twenty-one men
[Instrumental]
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[Verse 4]
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It was on one black night that poor Billy died
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He said to his friends, "I'm not satisfied
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There's twenty-one men
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that I've put bullets through
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And sheriff Pat Garrett's
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gonna make twenty-two"
[Verse 5]
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Well, this is how Billy the Kid met his fate
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A big moon was shining and the hour was late
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Shot down by Pat Garrett,
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Silver City's best friend
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The poor outlaw's life had reached its sad end
Tags: easy guitar chords, song lyrics, Ry Cooder
