Billy 4

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There's guns across the river about to pound you
 There's a lawman on your trail like to surround you
 Bounty hunters are dancing all around you
 Billy, they don't like you to be so free
 Camping out all night on the veranda
 Walking in the streets down by the hacienda
 Up to Boot Hill the like to send you
 Billy, don't you turn your back on me
 There's mills inside the minds of crazy faces
 Bullet holes and rifles in their cases
 There is always one more notch in four more aces
 Billy, and you're playing all alone
 Playing around with some sweet senorita
 Into her dark chamber she will greet you
 In the shadows of the maizes she will lead you
 Billy, and you're going all alone
 They say that Pat Garrett's got your number
 So sleep with one eye open, when you wander
 If every little sound just might be thunder
 Thunder from the barrel of his gun
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 There's always another stranger sneaking glances
 Some trigger-happy fool willing to take chances
 Some old whore from San Pedro'll make advances
 Advances on your spirit and your soul
 The businessmen from Taos want you to go down
 So they've hired mister Garrett, he'll force you to slow down
 Billy, don't let it make you feel so low down
 To be hunted by the man who was your friend
 So hang on to your woman, if you got one
 Remember in El Paso once you shot one
 I'll be in Santa Fe about one
 Billy, you've been running for so long
 Gypsy queens will play your grand finale
 Way down in some Tularosa alley
 Maybe in La Rio Pecas valley
 Billy, you're so far away from home
 Billy, you're so far away from home
 Billy, you're so far away from home
 

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Duration
04:59
Key
9
Tempo
141 BPM

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