C Am C Am

[Verse 1]
       C              Am
Always lonely, always looking
       C             F               G7
To get even with the men who did him wrong
         C               Am
That was Billy, lonesome Billy
        C                G7                 Am
Who was quick to think a gun could make him strong

[Interlude]
       C               Em
No one tougher or more daring
     Am             F
Only he and his gun sharing
          F
the great fight to live
    Bm                Em
And his great love to fight
       G7                  C
All of men who played with danger
        Am             C
To whom trouble was no stranger
      C              F
until one day he lay dying
     Am                   G7    Am
He’d filled his date with destiny

[Verse 2]
      C               Am
Never friendly, never trusting
       C              F             G7
Always kept one ready hand near his gun
         C               Am
That was Billy, lonesome Billy
    C                     G7               Am
The rough man   who would rather kill than run
    F                     G7          G7       Am  Am
The rough man   who would rather kill     than run