Intro Dm C Dm C Dm Verse 1 Dm C Have you heard about a bandit by the name of Billy Miner Dm Bb Slippery as a grey fox runnin through the sage Dm C Billy had a pistol big forty four pistol Bb F He had a hideout down in the cottonwood Dm C Dm Back when Billy robbed trains Verse 2 Dm C Billy was a gentleman he never robbed a poor man Dm Bb Had a little bit of Robin Hood runnin through his veins Dm C He rode into Canada lookin for his liberty Bb F He spent half his life behind prison walls Dm C Dm Back when Billy robbed trains Chorus F C Saddle up you cowboys gather up the townfolk F Bb Gettin up a posse gonna run him to the ground Dm C Billy had a fast horse he made his getaway Bb F Back in the boots and saddle days Dm C Dm Back when Billy robbed trains Interlude F C F Bb Dm C Bb F Dm C Dm Dm C Dm Verse 3 Dm C You got your modern day outlaw Leaders of Nations Dm Bb They threaten devastation with a bible in their hands Dm C If God blesses anyone God blesses everyone Bb F Billy was a saint by comparison Dm C Dm And Billy robbed trains, he just robbed trains Chorus F C Saddle up you cowboys gather up the townfolk F Bb Gettin up a posse gonna run him to the ground Dm C Billy had a fast horse he made his getaway Bb F Back in the boots and saddle days Dm C Dm Back when Billy robbed trains Bb F We’d hang em high from the cottonwood Dm C Dm Back when Billy robbed trains
