Billy the Kid (Roy solo) Ry Cooder cover)

This is an old traditional song about Billy the Kid it only has two chords and is a nice song to start with here are the lyrics and the chords:

Traditional, arranged by Ry Cooder)
(G) - (D)
(G) I'll sing you a true song of (D) Billy the (G) Kid
I'll (D) sing the record of (G) deeds that he did
Way out in New Mexico a long time (D) ago
When a (G) man's only friend was his (D) own forty- (G) four
Now when Billy the Kid was a very young lad
In old Silver City he went to the bad
Way out west with a knife in his hand
At the age of twelve years he killed his first man
Fair Mexican maidens play guitars and sing
Songs about Billy their boy bandit king
Before this young manhood reached its sad end
He'd a notch on his pistol for twenty one men
It was on one black night that poor Billy died
He said to his friends, I'm not satisfied
There's twenty one men that I've put bullets through
And sheriff Pat Garrett's gonna make twenty-two
Well, this is how Billy the Kid met his fate
A big moon was shining and the hour was late
Shot down by Pat Garrett, Silver City's best friend
The poor outlaw's life have reached its sad end

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• manolin
• slideguitar

[eduard1952]

Ik bedoelde: NIET delen natuurlijk.

[rycooderfanclub]

cool !

[eduard1952]

Tja, die familiale binnenpretjes kan ik natuurlijk delen. maar ik vind dit (en je andere opnames) wel erg goed. Waar woon je in NL? Geef een seintje als jullie het zuiden spelen (Breda, Bergen op zoom, Goes), ik woon in Antwerpen.

[rycooderfanclub]

We wonen in Den Haag ,Delft en Amsterdam en hebben een maandelijkse sessie in Den Haag In (cafe) September op de Grote Markt . We hebben nog geen optredens in het Zuiden maar daar gaat hopelijk snel verandering in komen (Ik heb vroeger in Mortsel gewoond )

[paulpellicci]

...thanks, i enjoyed that....

[dryan80]

It's good but it is a cover.

[guywolff]

Very very nice . This is the first song of Ry Cooder's that I ever heard... It changed my thinking completely on the importance of sparse attack as a powerful tool in my music. Have a listen to what I did with this one as well. All the best , Guy

[getarslim]

Surely this is Ry Cooder and not a cover?

[Chinpokoman1]

Spot on in feel and sound.

Really organic version, breathes well.

[skasurfrocker101]

great- i love it- i play along- just learning it - goes a bit low but i'm getting there

pete in england

[skasurfrocker101]

I love the orginal as i know it by ry cooder, but i really love this video-the music, the newspaper, the young lad- seems like you had fun and the music i think has a great feel to it.

from pete in england

[JaguarAJ6]

Excellent performance of my favourite tex-mex player Mr Cooder. Any chance of a tab for this track. Cheers Terry