Billy Gray

Intro * v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v e|-2--2---2-|-3--3---3-|-2--2-----|-------0--|-3--3-----|-2--2-----|----0-----|-2--2-----|-3--2-----| B|------3---|------0---|------3---|-3--2-----|------0---|------3---|-2----2---|------3---|------3---| G|---2---2--|---0---0--|---2---2--|---2------|---0---0--|---2---2--|-------2--|---2---2--|---2---2--| D|-0--------|----------|-0--------|------2---|----------|-0--------|---2------|-0--------|-0--------| A|----------|----------|----------|-0--------|----------|----------|-0--------|----------|----------| E|----------|-3--------|----------|----------|-3--------|----------|----------|----------|----------| Verse: 1 * Billy Gray rode in to Gantry, back in eighty-three There he did meet young Sarah McCray * That wild rose of morning, that pale flower dawning, * Herald of springtime in his young life that day. Verse: 2 * Sarah she could not see the daylight of reality, In her young eyes Billy bore not a flaw. * Knowing not her chosen one was a hired gun, * Wanted in Kansas City by the law. Instrumental * v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v e|-2--2---2-|-3--3---3-|-2--2-----|-------0--|-3--3-----|-2--2-----|----0-----|-2--2-----|-3--2-----| B|------3---|------0---|------3---|-3--2-----|------0---|------3---|-2----2---|------3---|------3---| G|---2---2--|---0---0--|---2---2--|---2------|---0---0--|---2---2--|-------2--|---2---2--|---2---2--| x2 D|-0--------|----------|-0--------|------2---|----------|-0--------|---2------|-0--------|-0--------| A|----------|----------|----------|-0--------|----------|----------|-0--------|----------|----------| E|----------|-3--------|----------|----------|-3--------|----------|----------|----------|----------| Verse: 3 * Then one day a tall man, came riding 'cross the bad lands, That lie to the north of New Mexico. * He was overheard to say he was lookin' for Billy Grey, * A ruthless man and a dangerous outlaw. Verse: 4 * The deadly news came creeping, while Billy lie sleeping, There in the Claredon Bar and Hotel. * He fled toward the old church, there on the outskirts, * Thinking he'd climb that old steeple bell. * A rifle ball came flying, face down he lay dying, There in the dust of the road where he fell. * Sarah she ran to him, cursing the lawman, * Accepting no reason, just knowing he was killed. Instrumental * v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v v e|-2--2---2-|-3--3---3-|-2--2-----|-------0--|-3--3-----|-2--2-----|----0-----|-2--2-----|-3--2-----| B|------3---|------0---|------3---|-3--2-----|------0---|------3---|-2----2---|------3---|------3---| G|---2---2--|---0---0--|---2---2--|---2------|---0---0--|---2---2--|-------2--|---2---2--|---2---2--| x2 D|-0--------|----------|-0--------|------2---|----------|-0--------|---2------|-0--------|-0--------| A|----------|----------|----------|-0--------|----------|----------|-0--------|----------|----------| E|----------|-3--------|----------|----------|-3--------|----------|----------|----------|----------| Verse: 5 * Sarah lives in that same old white frame house * Where she first met Billy some forty years ago. * The wild rose of morning has faded with the dawning * Of each day of sorrow the long years had sown. * Written on a stone where the dusty winds had long blown, Eighteen words to a passing world say: * "True love knows no season, no rhyme nor no reason, * Justice is cold as the Grainger county clay." Outro: * Yes, True love knows no season, no rhyme nor no reason, Justice is cold as the Grainger county clay.