Pals

Intro
AHmmmm....they Forever ReFmained Pals

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Verse 1
AThe Kid Was Just An Orphan Boy When CTunstall Came Around
His GEarly Years Had Taught Him Well The AWorld Could Knock You Down
Then Tunstall Gave Him Honest Work And CTreated Billy Fair
For A GYoung Man Used To Running, AThere Was Family Here

Verse 2
AThen Gunfire Filled The Open Road And CTunstall Hit The Ground
The Law Came GWearing Different Faces Every ATime He Turned Around
CBilly Pinned A ABadge Above The Hurt He Carried CDeep Inside
And BeGcame A Regulator To AFight The Shifting Tides

Chorus 1
APals!---I Ride With You ForCever And A Day
In Lincoln GCounty We'll Keep.... The AEnemy At Bay
When Our CWhole World ABurns I Won't Leave You BeChind
A Good Friend Is GHarder Than The ADevil To Find

APals!---We Stand Together Come What CMay
Through The Long Hard Night To The Break Of GDay
Should We Lose The Fight We May Lose It FAll
But Together We ARide..G.... Together We AFall  C   A​

Verse 3
ABrewer Before Them, CScock Rode Beside
Boudre And The GRegulators Swore Their APurpose With Great Pride
With Warrants In Their Pockets And Their CRifles On Their Rein
Billy GRode To Bring Back Justice Until AIt Became Revenge

Verse 4
ALincoln Burned Around Them As The CLines Began To Blur
Billy, A GOnce A Sworn Lawman Became A AWanted Murderer
Every CFriend Became A ABrother When Another CRegulator Fell
Soon Every GRoad From Lincoln Led Them ADeeper Into Hell

Chorus 2
APals!---I Ride With You ForCever And A Day
In Lincoln GCounty We'll Keep.... The AEnemy At Bay
When Our CWhole World ABurns I Won't Leave You BeChind
A Good Friend Is GHarder Than The ADevil To Find

APals!---We Stand Together Come What CMay
Through The Long Hard Night To The Break Of GDay
Should We Lose The Fight We May Lose It FAll
But Together We ARide..G.... Together We AFall  C   A​

Instrumental
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Verse 5
AThe War Was Done On Paper, But Lincoln ReCmembered His Name
GBilly Kept On Riding While The NewsApapers Fed The Flames
Tom O'folliard And Charlie Bourdre Rode AClong With Him In Fame
The GWorld Called Them Outlaws, Isn't That A Shame

Verse 6
APat Garret Killed Poor Charlie CDown In Stinking Springs
In Fort GSumner Tom Was Killed, A AFriend To The Very End
The Kid Had Been Captured, Everyone CThought It Was The End
But An GEver Resourceful Billy Had EsEmcaped Them Once Again

Chorus 3
APals!---I Ride With You ForCever And A Day
In Lincoln GCounty We'll Keep.... The AEnemy At Bay
When Our CWhole World ABurns I Won't Leave You BeChind
A Good Friend Is GHarder Than The ADevil To Find

APals!---We Stand Together Come What CMay
Through The Long Hard Night To The Break Of GDay
Should We Lose The Fight We May Lose It FAll
But Together We ARide..G.... Together We AFall  C   A​

Instrumental
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Verse 7
ALate At Night In Fort Sumner, Black Shadows CFilled The Room
A Familiar GHouse Stood Silent Beneath AA Silvery Moon
Billy Stepped Into The Darkness, A CKnife Held At His Side
G   “Quien Es?” Spoken Into Silence Then A Gunshot Split The Night, A​

ABilly The Kid Was CLaid To Rest Or So The GStory Goes...
But Years FLater, By The Graves In GLincoln, An Old Man Stood AAlone...

Outro
AHmmmmm....pals!  A   A   A   A   F  G  APals!