Written by Bob Dylan
Intro G Am7/G G Am7/G G Am7/G G Verse G Am7/G G There's guns across the river about to pound you, G Am7/G G There's lawmen on your trail like to surround you, C G Bounty hunters are dancing all around you, D G Billy, they don't like you to be so free. G Am7/G G Living out all night on the veranda, G Am7/G G Walking in the streets down by the hacienda, C G Up to Boot Hill they'd like to send you, D G Billy, don't you turn your back on me. G Am7/G G Playing around with some sweet senorita, G Am7/G G Into her dark chamber she will greet you, C G In the shadows of the mesas she will lead you, D G Billy, and you're going all alone. G Am7/G G They say that Pat Garrett's got your number, G Am7/G G So sleep with one eye open when you slumber, C G Every little sound just might be thunder, D G Thunder from the barrel of his gun. Intro G Am7/G G Am7/G G Am7/G G D Am7/G G Am7/G G There's always another stranger sneaking glances, G Am7/G G Some trigger-happy fool willing to take chances, C G Some old w***e from San Pedro will make advances, D G Advances on your spirit and your soul. G Am7/G G So hang on to your woman if you got one, G Am7/G G Remember in El Paso once you shot one, C G Yeah and up in Santa Fe one time you bought one, D G Billy, you've been running for so long. G Am7/G G Gypsy queens will play your grand finale, G Am7/G G Way down in some Tularosa alley, C G Maybe in La Rio Pecos valley, D G Billy, you're so far away from home, D G Billy, you're so far away from home. G Am7/G G Am7/G G Am7/G
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