{"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":1940595,"song":"Billy The Kid","artist":"Ry Cooder","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11433957-billy-the-kid-chords-by-ry-cooder/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1940595?type=chord","rating":4.70495,"votes":21,"content":"[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'll sing you a true song of Billy the Kid[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'll sing you the record of deeds that he did[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                              [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWay out in New Mexico a long time ago [/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen a man's only friend was his own forty-four[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nNow when Billy the Kid was a very young lad[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIn old Silver City he went to the bad[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nWay out west with a knife in his hand[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAt the age of twelve years he killed his first man[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nFair Mexican maidens play guitars and sing[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSongs about Billy, their boy bandit king[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]                                          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBefore his young manhood had reached its sad end[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe'd a notch on his pistol for twenty-one men[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]D[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[ch]G[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch] [ch]G[/ch] [ch]D[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\n(x2)[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIt was on one black night that poor Billy died[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nHe said to his friends, \"I'm not satisfied[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]G[/ch]                                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThere's twenty-one men that I've put bullets through[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd sheriff Pat Garrett's gonna make twenty-two\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWell, this is how Billy the Kid met his fate[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]                            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nA big moon was shining and the hour was late[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]                                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nShot down by Pat Garrett, Silver City's best friend[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]\r\nThe poor outlaw's life had reached its sad end[/tab]","plain_text":"[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\nG G G G\nD D G G\nG G G G\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]","chords":["G","D","C","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"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]}}}