Pals

Intro
DHmmmm....they Forever ReA#mained Pals

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Verse 1
DThe Kid Was Just An Orphan Boy When FTunstall Came Around
His CEarly Years Had Taught Him Well The DWorld Could Knock You Down
Then Tunstall Gave Him Honest Work And FTreated Billy Fair
For A CYoung Man Used To Running, DThere Was Family Here

Verse 2
DThen Gunfire Filled The Open Road And FTunstall Hit The Ground
The Law Came CWearing Different Faces Every DTime He Turned Around
FBilly Pinned A DBadge Above The Hurt He Carried FDeep Inside
And BeCcame A Regulator To DFight The Shifting Tides

Chorus 1
DPals!---I Ride With You ForFever And A Day
In Lincoln CCounty We'll Keep.... The DEnemy At Bay
When Our FWhole World DBurns I Won't Leave You BeFhind
A Good Friend Is CHarder Than The DDevil To Find

DPals!---We Stand Together Come What FMay
Through The Long Hard Night To The Break Of CDay
Should We Lose The Fight We May Lose It A#All
But Together We DRide..C.... Together We DFall  F   D​

Verse 3
DBrewer Before Them, FScock Rode Beside
Boudre And The CRegulators Swore Their DPurpose With Great Pride
With Warrants In Their Pockets And Their FRifles On Their Rein
Billy CRode To Bring Back Justice Until DIt Became Revenge

Verse 4
DLincoln Burned Around Them As The FLines Began To Blur
Billy, A COnce A Sworn Lawman Became A DWanted Murderer
Every FFriend Became A DBrother When Another FRegulator Fell
Soon Every CRoad From Lincoln Led Them DDeeper Into Hell

Chorus 2
DPals!---I Ride With You ForFever And A Day
In Lincoln CCounty We'll Keep.... The DEnemy At Bay
When Our FWhole World DBurns I Won't Leave You BeFhind
A Good Friend Is CHarder Than The DDevil To Find

DPals!---We Stand Together Come What FMay
Through The Long Hard Night To The Break Of CDay
Should We Lose The Fight We May Lose It A#All
But Together We DRide..C.... Together We DFall  F   D​

Instrumental
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Verse 5
DThe War Was Done On Paper, But Lincoln ReFmembered His Name
CBilly Kept On Riding While The NewsDpapers Fed The Flames
Tom O'folliard And Charlie Bourdre Rode AFlong With Him In Fame
The CWorld Called Them Outlaws, Isn't That A Shame

Verse 6
DPat Garret Killed Poor Charlie FDown In Stinking Springs
In Fort CSumner Tom Was Killed, A DFriend To The Very End
The Kid Had Been Captured, Everyone FThought It Was The End
But An CEver Resourceful Billy Had EsAmcaped Them Once Again

Chorus 3
DPals!---I Ride With You ForFever And A Day
In Lincoln CCounty We'll Keep.... The DEnemy At Bay
When Our FWhole World DBurns I Won't Leave You BeFhind
A Good Friend Is CHarder Than The DDevil To Find

DPals!---We Stand Together Come What FMay
Through The Long Hard Night To The Break Of CDay
Should We Lose The Fight We May Lose It A#All
But Together We DRide..C.... Together We DFall  F   D​

Instrumental
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Verse 7
DLate At Night In Fort Sumner, Black Shadows FFilled The Room
A Familiar CHouse Stood Silent Beneath DA Silvery Moon
Billy Stepped Into The Darkness, A FKnife Held At His Side
C   “Quien Es?” Spoken Into Silence Then A Gunshot Split The Night, D​

DBilly The Kid Was FLaid To Rest Or So The CStory Goes...
But Years A#Later, By The Graves In LCincoln, An Old Man Stood ADlone...

Outro
DHmmmmm....pals!  D   D   D   D   A#   C PDals!