{"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":2635953,"song":"Billy Gray","artist":"Robert Earl Keen","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/2635953-billy-gray-chords-by-robert-earl-keen/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2635953?type=chord","rating":4.67081,"votes":21,"content":"[Intro]\r\n\r\nNote: use this picking pattern for each chord throughout\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]*         [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]*\r\n   v v v v    v v v v    v v v v    v v v v    v v v v    v v v v    v v v v    v v v v    v v v v[/tab]\r\n[tab]e|-2--2---2-|-3--3---3-|-2--2-----|-------0--|-3--3-----|-2--2-----|----0-----|-2--2-----|-3--2-----|\r\nB|------3---|------0---|------3---|-3--2-----|------0---|------3---|-2----2---|------3---|------3---|\r\nG|---2---2--|---0---0--|---2---2--|---2------|---0---0--|---2---2--|-------2--|---2---2--|---2---2--|\r\nD|-0--------|----------|-0--------|------2---|----------|-0--------|---2------|-0--------|-0--------|\r\nA|----------|----------|----------|-0--------|----------|----------|-0--------|----------|----------|\r\nE|----------|-3--------|----------|----------|-3--------|----------|----------|----------|----------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]*\r\nBilly Gray rode in to Gantry, back in eighty-three [/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]*      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThere he did meet young Sarah McCray[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]*\r\nThat wild rose of morning, that pale flower dawning,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]*\r\nHerald of springtime in his young life that day.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]*\r\nSarah she could not see the daylight of reality,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]*     [ch]A[/ch]\r\n   In her young eyes Billy bore not a flaw.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]*\r\nKnowing not her chosen one was a hired gun,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]*\r\nWanted in Kansas City by the law.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]*         [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]*\r\n   v v v v    v v v v    v v v v    v v v v    v v v v    v v v v    v v v v    v v v v    v v v v[/tab]\r\n[tab]e|-2--2---2-|-3--3---3-|-2--2-----|-------0--|-3--3-----|-2--2-----|----0-----|-2--2-----|-3--2-----|\r\nB|------3---|------0---|------3---|-3--2-----|------0---|------3---|-2----2---|------3---|------3---|\r\nG|---2---2--|---0---0--|---2---2--|---2------|---0---0--|---2---2--|-------2--|---2---2--|---2---2--|  x2\r\nD|-0--------|----------|-0--------|------2---|----------|-0--------|---2------|-0--------|-0--------|  \r\nA|----------|----------|----------|-0--------|----------|----------|-0--------|----------|----------|\r\nE|----------|-3--------|----------|----------|-3--------|----------|----------|----------|----------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]              [ch]G[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]A[/ch]*\r\nThen one day a tall man, came riding 'cross the bad lands,[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]*   [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThat lie to the north of New Mexico.[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]*\r\nHe was overheard to say he was lookin' for Billy Grey,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]*\r\n   A ruthless man and a dangerous outlaw.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]A[/ch]*\r\nThe deadly news came creeping, while Billy lie sleeping,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]*     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThere in the Claredon Bar and Hotel.[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]*        \r\nHe fled toward the old church, there on the outskirts,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]D[/ch]*\r\nThinking he'd climb that old steeple bell.[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]*\r\nA rifle ball came flying, face down he lay dying,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]\r\nThere in the dust of the road where he fell.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]* \r\nSarah she ran to him, cursing the lawman,[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]*\r\nAccepting no reason, just knowing he was killed.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Instrumental]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]*         [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]*\r\n   v v v v    v v v v    v v v v    v v v v    v v v v    v v v v    v v v v    v v v v    v v v v[/tab]\r\n[tab]e|-2--2---2-|-3--3---3-|-2--2-----|-------0--|-3--3-----|-2--2-----|----0-----|-2--2-----|-3--2-----|\r\nB|------3---|------0---|------3---|-3--2-----|------0---|------3---|-2----2---|------3---|------3---|\r\nG|---2---2--|---0---0--|---2---2--|---2------|---0---0--|---2---2--|-------2--|---2---2--|---2---2--|  x2\r\nD|-0--------|----------|-0--------|------2---|----------|-0--------|---2------|-0--------|-0--------|\r\nA|----------|----------|----------|-0--------|----------|----------|-0--------|----------|----------|\r\nE|----------|-3--------|----------|----------|-3--------|----------|----------|----------|----------|[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 5]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]*       \r\nSarah lives in that same old white frame house[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]*  [ch]A[/ch]*\r\nWhere she first met Billy some forty years ago.[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]A[/ch]*\r\nThe wild rose of morning has faded with the dawning[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]G[/ch]           [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]D[/ch]*\r\nOf each day of sorrow the long years had sown.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]A[/ch]*\r\nWritten on a stone where the dusty winds had long blown,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]*    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nEighteen words to a passing world say:[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]*\r\n\"True love knows no season, no rhyme nor no reason,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]*\r\nJustice is cold as the Grainger county clay.\"[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]*\r\nYes, True love knows no season, no rhyme nor no reason,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]\r\nJustice is cold as the Grainger county clay.[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\n\nNote: use this picking pattern for each chord throughout\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Instrumental]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 5]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]","chords":["D","G","A","B","E"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"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]}}}