The Ballad Of Billy The Kid chords by Billy Joel

• Difficulty: Advanced

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

🎸 Intro:
G
G  F   G  F
G  Em  F  C  D7
F/G C/G  F/G G    F/G C/G  F/G G



🎸 Verse 1:
    G        Em       F
From a town known as wheeling, west virginia
    G      Em       F  C D7
Rode a boy with a six-gun in his hand
     G        Em
And his daring life of crime
      F       C
Made him a 🏷Legend in his time
 G    Am7    D7sus4     F/G C/G   F/G G  F/G C/G   F/G G
East and west of the Rio Grande

🎸 Verse 2:
      G       Em     F
Well, he started with a bank in Colorado
    G       Em       F  C D7
In the pocket of his vest, a colt he hid
    G       Em
And his age and his size
     F       C
Took the teller by surprise
G  Am7      D7sus4       F/G C/G   F/G G
And the word spread of Billy the Kid

🎸 Chorus:
     C       D
Well, he never traveled heavy
    Em       Bm
Yes, he always rode alone
    C      C/D       G7sus4
And he soon put many older guns to shame
    C       D
And he never had a sweetheart
    Em      Bm
And he never had a home
     C                D7sus4  D
But the cowboy and the rancher knew his name

🎸 Verse 3:
     G         Em      F
Well, he robbed his way from Utah to Oklahoma
     G          Em       F  C  D7
And the law just could not seem to track him down
    G         Em
And it served his 🏷Legend well
      F          C
For the folks, they'd love to tell
 G Am7         D7sus4     F/G  C/G   F/G  G
'Bout  when Billy the Kid  was in town

🎸 Instrumental:
F/G C/G   F/G G
G  C C/E C F C/E  C G/B
 F  C  C/E G
G  C C/E C F C/E  C G/B
 F  C  G  C
G  C C/E C F C/E  C G/B
 F  C  C/E G
G  C C/E C F C/E  C G/B
 F  C  G  C
BbMaj7 Bb6add9  BbMaj7 Bb6add9
BbMaj7 Bb6add9  BbMaj7 Bb6add9
 F  C  G
F/G C/G   F/G G  F/G C/G   F/G G

🎸 Verse 4:
    G       Em        F
Well, one cold day a posse captured Billy
     G          Em        F C D7
And the judge said, string 'im up for what he did!
     G         Em
And the cowboys and their kin
     F         C
Like the sea came pourin' in
G   Am7     D7sus4     F/G  C/G    F/G G
To watch the hangin' of Billy the Kid

🎸 Chorus:
     C       D
Well, he never traveled heavy
    Em       Bm
Yes, he always rode alone
    C      C/D       G7sus4
And he soon put many older guns to shame
    C       D
And he never had a sweetheart
    Em         Bm
Tho' he finally found a home
    C                    D7sus4 D
Underneath the boothill grave that bears his name

🎸 Verse 5:
     G       Em       F
From a town known as Oyster Bay, Long Island
    G      Em       F  C  D7
Rode a boy with a six-pack in his hand
    G         Em
And his daring life of crime
      F        C
Made him a 🏷Legend in his time
 G   Am7    D7sus4   F/G C/G    F/G G
East and west of the Rio Grande

🎸 Outro:
F/G C/G   F/G G
G  C C/E C F C/E  C G/B
 F  C  C/E G
G  C C/E C F C/E  C G/B
 F  C  G  C
G  C C/E C F C/E  C G/B
 F  C  C/E G
G  C C/E C F C/E  C G/B
 F  C  G  C
BbMaj7 Bb6add9  BbMaj7 Bb6add9
BbMaj7 Bb6add9  BbMaj7 Bb6add9
 F  F/A  F  F/A  C  G  C