Pals

Intro
GHmmmm....they Forever ReD#mained Pals

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Verse 1
GThe Kid Was Just An Orphan Boy When A#Tunstall Came Around
His FEarly Years Had Taught Him Well The GWorld Could Knock You Down
Then Tunstall Gave Him Honest Work And A#Treated Billy Fair
For A FYoung Man Used To Running, GThere Was Family Here

Verse 2
GThen Gunfire Filled The Open Road And A#Tunstall Hit The Ground
The Law Came FWearing Different Faces Every GTime He Turned Around
A#Billy Pinned A BGadge Above The Hurt He Carried DA#eep Inside
And BeFcame A Regulator To GFight The Shifting Tides

Chorus 1
GPals!---I Ride With You ForA#ever And A Day
In Lincoln FCounty We'll Keep.... The GEnemy At Bay
When Our A#Whole World BGurns I Won't Leave You BehA#ind
A Good Friend Is FHarder Than The GDevil To Find

GPals!---We Stand Together Come What A#May
Through The Long Hard Night To The Break Of FDay
Should We Lose The Fight We May Lose It D#All
But Together We GRide..F.... Together We GFall  A#    G​

Verse 3
GBrewer Before Them, A#Scock Rode Beside
Boudre And The FRegulators Swore Their GPurpose With Great Pride
With Warrants In Their Pockets And Their A#Rifles On Their Rein
Billy FRode To Bring Back Justice Until GIt Became Revenge

Verse 4
GLincoln Burned Around Them As The A#Lines Began To Blur
Billy, A FOnce A Sworn Lawman Became A GWanted Murderer
Every A#Friend Became A BGrother When Another RA#egulator Fell
Soon Every FRoad From Lincoln Led Them GDeeper Into Hell

Chorus 2
GPals!---I Ride With You ForA#ever And A Day
In Lincoln FCounty We'll Keep.... The GEnemy At Bay
When Our A#Whole World BGurns I Won't Leave You BehA#ind
A Good Friend Is FHarder Than The GDevil To Find

GPals!---We Stand Together Come What A#May
Through The Long Hard Night To The Break Of FDay
Should We Lose The Fight We May Lose It D#All
But Together We GRide..F.... Together We GFall  A#    G​

Instrumental
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Verse 5
GThe War Was Done On Paper, But Lincoln ReA#membered His Name
FBilly Kept On Riding While The NewsGpapers Fed The Flames
Tom O'folliard And Charlie Bourdre Rode AA#long With Him In Fame
The FWorld Called Them Outlaws, Isn't That A Shame

Verse 6
GPat Garret Killed Poor Charlie A#Down In Stinking Springs
In Fort FSumner Tom Was Killed, A GFriend To The Very End
The Kid Had Been Captured, Everyone A#Thought It Was The End
But An FEver Resourceful Billy Had EsDmcaped Them Once Again

Chorus 3
GPals!---I Ride With You ForA#ever And A Day
In Lincoln FCounty We'll Keep.... The GEnemy At Bay
When Our A#Whole World BGurns I Won't Leave You BehA#ind
A Good Friend Is FHarder Than The GDevil To Find

GPals!---We Stand Together Come What A#May
Through The Long Hard Night To The Break Of FDay
Should We Lose The Fight We May Lose It D#All
But Together We GRide..F.... Together We GFall  A#    G​

Instrumental
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Verse 7
GLate At Night In Fort Sumner, Black Shadows A#Filled The Room
A Familiar FHouse Stood Silent Beneath GA Silvery Moon
Billy Stepped Into The Darkness, A A#Knife Held At His Side
F   “Quien Es?” Spoken Into Silence Then A Gunshot Split The Night, G​

GBilly The Kid Was A#Laid To Rest Or So The SFtory Goes...
But Years D#Later, By The Graves In LFincoln, An Old Man Stood AGlone...

Outro
GHmmmmm....pals!  G   G   G   G   D#   F PGals!