Biography:
Michelle Shocked (born Dallas, Texas, February, 1962) is the stage name of Michelle Karen Johnston, an American singer-songwriter.
As a young feminist, she left Texas to travel, Kerouac-style, and was caught up in Reagan-era grassroots politics. Her musical career was ignited by a bootleg recording made around a Kerrville Folk Festival campfire on a Sony walkman. Released in England as ‘The Texas Campfire Tapes’ without Shocked’s authority, its success abroad enticed Mercury Records to offer the newcomer a recording contract.
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[Intro]
E E E D A E (X 2)
E
Billy Barlow was a poor boy
D A E
That's why he robbed the Union Grove Bank
E
He was a sweet talking ladies man
D A E
That's what he'd have ladies all to think
D A E
Oh the secret to a long life's knowing when it's time to go
D A E
Oh the secret to a long life's knowing when it's time to go
E
So when the posse came riding
D A E
Billy went hiding down south
E
Holed up in a shack with Maria
D A E
With the black hair and her ruby red mouth
[CHORUS]
D A E
Oh the secret to a long life's knowing when it's time to go
D A E
Oh the secret to a long life's knowing when it's time to go
E
So when the news reached her lover
D A E
Billy ran for cover, don't you know
E
Yeah, and when the bullets started ringing
D A E
Billy started singing "Time to go..."
D A E
Oh the secret to a long life's knowing when it's time to go
D A E
Oh the secret to a long life's knowing when it's time to go
E D A E
Oh....Oh....Oh....Oh.....Time to go now!
[INSTRUMENTAL]
E D A E (X 2) D A E (X 2)
E D A E
Billy headed north where the sands of the Badlands blow
E
But in his dreams he's south
D A E
He's still kissing that ruby red mouth
D A E
Oh the secret to a long life's knowing when it's time to go
D A E
Oh the secret to a long life's knowing when it's time to go
E D A E
Oh....Oh....Oh....Oh..... (X 3)
E D A E
The secret to a long life's knowing when it's time to go
E D A E
The secret to a long life's knowing when it's time to go
E D A E
The secret to a long life's knowing when it's time to go
E E E D A E (X 2)
E
Billy Barlow was a poor boy
D A E
That's why he robbed the Union Grove Bank
E
He was a sweet talking ladies man
D A E
That's what he'd have ladies all to think
D A E
Oh the secret to a long life's knowing when it's time to go
D A E
Oh the secret to a long life's knowing when it's time to go
E
So when the posse came riding
D A E
Billy went hiding down south
E
Holed up in a shack with Maria
D A E
With the black hair and her ruby red mouth
[CHORUS]
D A E
Oh the secret to a long life's knowing when it's time to go
D A E
Oh the secret to a long life's knowing when it's time to go
E
So when the news reached her lover
D A E
Billy ran for cover, don't you know
E
Yeah, and when the bullets started ringing
D A E
Billy started singing "Time to go..."
D A E
Oh the secret to a long life's knowing when it's time to go
D A E
Oh the secret to a long life's knowing when it's time to go
E D A E
Oh....Oh....Oh....Oh.....Time to go now!
[INSTRUMENTAL]
E D A E (X 2) D A E (X 2)
E D A E
Billy headed north where the sands of the Badlands blow
E
But in his dreams he's south
D A E
He's still kissing that ruby red mouth
D A E
Oh the secret to a long life's knowing when it's time to go
D A E
Oh the secret to a long life's knowing when it's time to go
E D A E
Oh....Oh....Oh....Oh..... (X 3)
E D A E
The secret to a long life's knowing when it's time to go
E D A E
The secret to a long life's knowing when it's time to go
E D A E
The secret to a long life's knowing when it's time to go
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