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Billy Joel
"The Ballad of Billy The Kid"

This is a kick—ass song for piano, but on guitar is sounds quite
good. These are the base chords and such, listen to the song to
get down the little licks.

Intro:
It starts off with a cool cowboy horse trot. It's played like this:

E—————————|
B—————————|
G—————————|
D———0—2—0—|
A—————————|
E—3———————|

Pre—Verse:
F F C   C F G

Verse:
G Em F   G Em F C D   G Em F C G Am7 D

Chorus:
C D Em Bm C C G   C D Em Bm C Dsus4 Dadd9 D

Bridge/Ending:
In the middle is the Bridge, which is the same as the Ending.
It's played like this:

E—————————————————————|
B—————————————————————|
G—————0—0———2—0———————|
D—0—2—————2—————2—2—0—|
A—————————————————————|
E—————————————————————|

And ended like this:
E—————————————————————|
B—————————————————————|
G—————————————————————|
D———————————————2—0———|
A———0—3—3—3—0———————3—|
E—3———————————3———————|


So the order is:

I V PV V PV V PV C V PV B PV V PV C V PV E

I — Intro
PV — Pre—Verse
V — Verse
C — Chorus
B — Bridge
E — Ending


And thats it! Listen to the song to get the timings and the strum
pattern and the tempos right, because those all change quite a few
times. They wont let me post the lyrics, but they are rather simple
to get. Rock on.

 ___   ____  ___       ___    ___                   ___    ____  ___
|    |     |        |     /     |     | |   | |     |     |   
|___/ |__   |    |    |___/ /      |     | |   | |    | |__   |___/
|    |     |    |    |         / |     | |   | |    | |     |  
|    |____ |___/     |     ___/   ___/  |   | |___/  |____ |   

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