[A] [C] young xxx [G7] boy xxxxx [C] Billy xxx xxxx [G7] restless xx xxx [C] farm
[A] boy [G7] filled xxxx [C] wonderlust xxx [G7] really xxxxx xx [C] harm
He [F] changed xxx [C7] clothes xxx [F] shined xxx xxxxx xxx xxxxxx xxx xxxx xxxx xxxx
And xxx [C] mother [G7] cried xx [C] he xxxxxx xxx
Chorus
Don't [F] take xxxx xxxx xx [C] town xxx
[F] Leave xxxx xxxx xx [C] home xxxx
Don't [F] take xxxx xxxx xx [C] town
He [C] laughed xxx [G7] kissed xxx [C] mom xxx xxxx xxxxx [G7] Billy xxxxx x [C] man'
I xxx [G7] shoot xx [C] quick xxx xxxxxxxx xx [G7] anybody [C] can
But x [F] wouldn't [C7] shoot xxxx [F] out x xxxxx xxx xxx xxxxxx xxxx
But xxx [C] cried x [G7] gain xx xx [C] rode xxxx
Chorus
He [C] sang x [G7] song xx [C] on xx xxxx xxx [G7] guns xxxx xx xxx [C] hips
He xxxx xx [G7] to x [C] cattle xxxx x [G7] smile xxxx xxx [C] lips
He [F] stopped xxx [C7] walked xx [F] to x xxx xxx xxxx xxx xxxxx xxxx
But xxx [C] mother's [G7] words xxxx [C] ed xxxxx
Chorus
He [C] drank xxx [G7] first xxxxxx xx [C] quor xxxx xx [G7] calm xxx xxxxxxx [C] hand
And xxxxx xx [G7] tell xxx [C] self xx [G7] had xxxxxx x [C] man
[A] [F] dusty [C7] cowpoke [F] at xxx xxxx xxxxx xx xxxxx xxx xxxx
And xx [C] heard x [G7] gain xxx [C] mother's xxxxx
Chorus
[C] Filled xxxx [G7] rage xxxx [C] Billy xxx xxxxxxx [G7] for xxx xxx xx [C] draw
But xxx xxxxxxxx [G7] drew xxx [C] gun xxx xxxxx xx [G7] fore xx xxxx [C] saw
As [F] Billy [C7] Joe xxxx [F] to xxx xxxxx xxx xxxxx xxx xxxxxxxx xxxxxx
And [C] wondered [G7] at xxx [C] final xxxxx
Chorus