Ballad Of Billy The Kid
Billy Joel
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Tom : G
"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
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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Detected progression: F → F → C → C → F → G → G → Em
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