Dm                                      C 
IN THE SOUTHERN PART OF TEXAS, EAST AND WEST OF EL PASO 
 
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WHERE THE MIGHTY FRANKLIN MOUNTAINS GUARD THE TRAIL TO MEXICO 
 
                                      C 
THERE'S A NEW-MADE WIDOW CRYING AND A HEARSE A ROLLIN SLOW 
 
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I GUESS THE DEVILS PASSED THIS WAY AGAIN 
 
Verse 2:Same chords until the end of the last line. 
 
THERE'S A LATHERED SORREL STALLION RUNNING THRU THE JOSHUA TREES 
AND A YOUNG MAN IN THE SADDLE WITH HIS COAT TAILS IN THE BREEZE 
HE'S GOT A SIX GUN ON HIS RIGHT HIP AND A RIFLE AT HIS KNEES 
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AND HE'S DEALING IN A GAME THAT HE CAN'T WIN 
 
CHORUS 
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POOR BILLY BONNEY, YOU'RE ONLY 21, 
 
    Bb                               F 
PAT GARRETT'S GOT YOUR NAME ON EVERY BULLET IN HIS GUN 
 
       Dm 
EVERY NOTCH YOU CARVE ON YOUR SIX GUN 
 
      C 
HAS A BLOODY TALE TO TELL 
 
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YOU'RE A MILE AHEAD OF GARRETT AND A STEP OUTSIDE OF HELL 
 
THOSE FANCY CLOTHES YOUR WEARIN AND THE WOMEN IN YOUR BED 
CAN'T TAKE AWAY THE TRACES OF THE MEN THAT YOU'VE LEFT DEAD 
AS YOU RIDE ACROSS THE BAD LANDS WITH A PRICE UPON YOUR HEAD 
AND NOW THE WHEEL OF FORTUNE STARTS TO TRUN 
 
YOU'RE REPUTATION'S GROWN TILL IT'S THE BIGGEST IN THE LAND 
AND THERE AIN'T ALOT OF PEOPLE LEFT WHO WANT TO CALL YOUR HAND 
AND I GUESS YOU'LL GO DOWN SHOOTIN AND LIKE  ALL BRANDED MEN 
WHEN YOU SHAKE HANDS WITH THE DEVIL YOU GET BURNED