{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":1477365,"song":"Billy Austin","artist":"Steve Earle","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11267444-billy-austin-chords-by-steve-earle/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1477365?type=chord","rating":5,"votes":50,"content":"BILLY AUSTIN - STEVE EARLE (1/2 DOWN/DROP D)\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nMy name is Billy Austin and I'm twenty-nine years old[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]Bm[/ch]               [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]  \r\nI was born in Oklahoma quarter Cherokee I'm told[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nDon't remember Oklahoma been so long since I left home[/tab]\r\n[tab]               [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Bm[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSeems like I've always been in prison like I've always been alone[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]\r\nDidn't mean to hurt nobody never thought I'd cross that line[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]Bm[/ch]               [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] \r\nI held up a filling station like I'd done a hundred times[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThe kid done like I told him he lay face down on the floor[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Bm[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nguess I'll never know what made me turn and walk back through that door[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe shot rang out like thunder my ears rang like a bell[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]Bm[/ch]               [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] \r\nNo one came runnin' so I called the cops myself[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nTook their time to get there and I guess I could'a run[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]                        [ch]Bm[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI knew I should be feeling something but I never shed tear one[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nI didn't even make the papers 'cause I only killed one man[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]Bm[/ch]             [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] \r\nbut my trial was over quickly and then the long hard wait began[/tab]\r\n[tab]                [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]\r\nCourt appointed lawyer couldn't look me in the eye[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]Bm[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nHe just stood up and closed his briefcase when they sentenced me to die[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nNow my waitin's over as the final hour drags by[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]Bm[/ch]               [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] \r\nI ain't about to tell you that I don't deserve to die[/tab]\r\n[tab]                         [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nBut there's twenty-seven men here mostly black, brown and poor[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Bm[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nMost of em are guilty who are you to say for sure?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                             [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nSo when the preacher comes to get me and they shave off all my hair[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                     [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]Bm[/ch]               [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] \r\nCould you take that long walk with me knowing hell is waitin' there?[/tab]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]D[/ch]                           [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nCould you pull that switch yourself Sir, with a sure and steady hand?[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]Bm[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]Bm[/ch] [ch]A[/ch] [ch]D[/ch]\r\nCould you still tell youself, Sir, that you're better than I am?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]\r\nMy name is Billy Austin I'm twenty-nine years old[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Bm[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]Bm[/ch]\r\nI was born in Oklahoma quarter Cherokee I'm told[/tab]","plain_text":"BILLY AUSTIN - STEVE EARLE (1/2 DOWN/DROP D)\n\n[Verse 1]","chords":["D","G","A","Bm"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}