Pals

Intro
CHmmmm....they Forever ReG#mained Pals

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Verse 1
CThe Kid Was Just An Orphan Boy When D#Tunstall Came Around
His A#Early Years Had Taught Him Well The WCorld Could Knock You Down
Then Tunstall Gave Him Honest Work And D#Treated Billy Fair
For A A#Young Man Used To Running, TChere Was Family Here

Verse 2
CThen Gunfire Filled The Open Road And D#Tunstall Hit The Ground
The Law Came A#Wearing Different Faces Every TCime He Turned Around
D#Billy Pinned A BCadge Above The Hurt He Carried DD#eep Inside
And BeA#came A Regulator To FCight The Shifting Tides

Chorus 1
CPals!---I Ride With You ForD#ever And A Day
In Lincoln A#County We'll Keep.... The ECnemy At Bay
When Our D#Whole World BCurns I Won't Leave You BehD#ind
A Good Friend Is A#Harder Than The DCevil To Find

CPals!---We Stand Together Come What D#May
Through The Long Hard Night To The Break Of A#Day
Should We Lose The Fight We May Lose It G#All
But Together We CRide..A#.... Together We FCall   D#    C​

Verse 3
CBrewer Before Them, D#Scock Rode Beside
Boudre And The A#Regulators Swore Their PCurpose With Great Pride
With Warrants In Their Pockets And Their D#Rifles On Their Rein
Billy A#Rode To Bring Back Justice Until ICt Became Revenge

Verse 4
CLincoln Burned Around Them As The D#Lines Began To Blur
Billy, A A#Once A Sworn Lawman Became A WCanted Murderer
Every D#Friend Became A BCrother When Another RD#egulator Fell
Soon Every A#Road From Lincoln Led Them DCeeper Into Hell

Chorus 2
CPals!---I Ride With You ForD#ever And A Day
In Lincoln A#County We'll Keep.... The ECnemy At Bay
When Our D#Whole World BCurns I Won't Leave You BehD#ind
A Good Friend Is A#Harder Than The DCevil To Find

CPals!---We Stand Together Come What D#May
Through The Long Hard Night To The Break Of A#Day
Should We Lose The Fight We May Lose It G#All
But Together We CRide..A#.... Together We FCall   D#    C​

Instrumental
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Verse 5
CThe War Was Done On Paper, But Lincoln ReD#membered His Name
A#Billy Kept On Riding While The NewspCapers Fed The Flames
Tom O'folliard And Charlie Bourdre Rode AD#long With Him In Fame
The A#World Called Them Outlaws, Isn't That A Shame

Verse 6
CPat Garret Killed Poor Charlie D#Down In Stinking Springs
In Fort A#Sumner Tom Was Killed, A FCriend To The Very End
The Kid Had Been Captured, Everyone D#Thought It Was The End
But An A#Ever Resourceful Billy Had EscGmaped Them Once Again

Chorus 3
CPals!---I Ride With You ForD#ever And A Day
In Lincoln A#County We'll Keep.... The ECnemy At Bay
When Our D#Whole World BCurns I Won't Leave You BehD#ind
A Good Friend Is A#Harder Than The DCevil To Find

CPals!---We Stand Together Come What D#May
Through The Long Hard Night To The Break Of A#Day
Should We Lose The Fight We May Lose It G#All
But Together We CRide..A#.... Together We FCall   D#    C​

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

CBilly The Kid Was D#Laid To Rest Or So The SA#tory Goes...
But Years G#Later, By The Graves In LA#incoln, An Old Man Stood AlCone...

Outro
CHmmmmm....pals!  C   C   C   C   G#   A# PaCls!