{"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":1900845,"song":"The Ballad Of Bill Thaxton","artist":"Marty Robbins","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/1900845-the-ballad-of-bill-thaxton-chords-by-marty-robbins/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/1900845?type=chord","rating":4.96354,"votes":18,"content":"On the 1976 album \"El Paso City\" and compilation albums\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n[ch]C[/ch]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G7[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]  \r\nBill Thaxton was an ex-Ranger[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOne of the bravest by far[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G7[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]           [ch]Am[/ch]                 \r\nIt's said that old Bill was the fastest man ever[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]D7[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nTo pin on a Ranger's star[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G7[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nStories about him were legend[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBill was the best of the bold[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G7[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBad men all feared him way back in his day[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G7[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut he was now growing old[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G7[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]  \r\nInto Bill's town rode an outlaw[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe wore his gun low and tied down[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G7[/ch]                        [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]Am[/ch]     \r\nHe reined in his horse and announced to the crowd[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]D7[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]G7[/ch]\r\n\"If you speak to me call me Sundown\"[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G7[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHis clothes were all dark and fancy[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd topped by a black leather vest[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G7[/ch]                [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSomebody asked how he came by his name[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G7[/ch]                   [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd if he was one of the best.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Bridge 1]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]           [ch]F[/ch]\r\n        The eyes of the tall stranger narrowed[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nHe grinned like the devil possessed[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch] \r\n\"I never fight till the sun's going down[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                     [ch]F[/ch]  [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G7[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd my back is facing the We--------st\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]     [ch]C[/ch]              [ch]G7[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]  \r\nSaid he wouldn't be with us tomorrow[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe only rode in for one thing[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G7[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]Am[/ch]    \r\nHe only stopped by to make Bill Thaxton die[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]D7[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]    [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nSo he could add to his fame.[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G7[/ch]        [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\"Go give Bill Thaxton a message[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd tell him a killer's in town[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G7[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nTell him we'll meet at the end of the street[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G7[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nJust as the sun's going down\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]        [ch]G7[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]  \r\nSomebody said it had been years[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F[/ch]                    [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSince old Bill had toted a gun[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G7[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nSundown replied that it wasn't his hide[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]           [ch]D7[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]   [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nKilling old Bill would be fun[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]G7[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe old Ranger sent back his answer[/tab]\r\n[tab] [ch]F[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\n\"Tell him that I'm on my way[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G7[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nI've never ran and I'll meet this young man[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G7[/ch]                 [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAt any time of the day\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Bridge 2]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]        [ch]F[/ch]\r\n         Bill got there just about sunset[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIt still hung like fire in the sky[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nIn just a few moments out there in the street[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]  [ch]G7[/ch]  [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOld Bill or the outlaw would die----------[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G7[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]  \r\nSlowly Bill slid from the saddle[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd started to make his advance[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G7[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]             [ch]Am[/ch] \r\nThe sun hit the old Ranger square in the eyes[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]D7[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nThe shadows had started to dance[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]            [ch]G7[/ch]         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBill started talking to Sundown[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nJudging his distance that way[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G7[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch] \r\nTheir stride was the same and at just thirty feet[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G7[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBoth of the men made their play[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 6]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]                  [ch]G7[/ch]           [ch]C[/ch]  \r\nBill's gun slipped leather like lightning[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHis forty-four spoke with a whine[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G7[/ch]                     [ch]C[/ch]          [ch]Am[/ch] \r\nThe sun didn't bother Bill Thaxton at all[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]             [ch]D7[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]G7[/ch]\r\nCause the old ranger was blind[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]           [ch]G7[/ch]            [ch]C[/ch]\r\nSix shots delivered their message[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nThe Ranger had emptied his gun[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G7[/ch]                          [ch]C[/ch]\r\nOld Bill gave a sigh when there was no reply[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G7[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nHe knew that once more he had won[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Bridge 3]\r\n[tab]    [ch]C[/ch]         [ch]F[/ch]\r\n         The old Ranger lowered his six gun[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]F[/ch]\r\nHe just stood there staring ahead[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]F[/ch]\r\nWatching you'd think that old Bill didn't know[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]C[/ch]                        [ch]F[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch] [ch]G7[/ch] [ch]C[/ch]\r\nIn front of him Sundown lay dea-------d[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab][ch]C[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]C[/ch]  \r\nBill has been gone for a long time[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]F[/ch]                      [ch]C[/ch]\r\nBut old timers still can recall[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G7[/ch]                       [ch]C[/ch]     \r\nThe day the old Ranger stood up to the test[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G7[/ch]                         [ch]C[/ch]\r\nAnd proved he was best of them all.[/tab]","plain_text":"On the 1976 album \"El Paso City\" and compilation albums\n\n[Intro]\nC\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 6]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]","chords":["C","G7","F","Am","D","D7","G"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"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]},"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]},"F":{"barres":[1],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[1,3,4,2,1,1],"frets":[1,3,3,2,1,1]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]},"G7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[3,2,0,0,0,1],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,1]}}}