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[Verse 1]
E                                            B7
They put up a sign for the very last time at Milly's Cafe
     B7
They loaded their stuff into the car
         E
And they drove away
E
Milly looked back for one last time
         A
And when she turned around, she was crying
E                          B7              E
Billy just listened to the songs the radio played

[Verse 2]
E                                         B7
They drove all the way from Fort Worth to Amarillo
     B7
When Milly woke up she had makeup
    E
all over her pillow
E
Billy had stopped at Easy Pawn
A
And bought them up a couple of guns
E                            B7
Tomorrow, he said, was gonna be a brand new day

[Verse 3]
E                       B7
Billy and Milly tore up the entire West
B7                                                    E
They started holding up liquor stores and then they turned to banks
       E
And it wasn't very long, you know
A
Their picture was on the post office wall
E                            B7                    E
And it seemed that the whole world was looking for them

[Chorus]
                       A
And the roads just get rougher
            E
Out in West Texas
                B7
The cowboys are tougher
                        E
And the young girls are restless
                       A
And the winds take the towns
                    E
And there ain't any signs
                     B7
But there's always a hill to climb
                  E
On the West Texas skyline

[Verse 4]

E                                 B7
Milly was raised by Christians in Aberdeen
    B7                                                E
Her father was a preacher in the biggest church you ever did see
     E
When word came down about Milly and Billy
A
He made a call up to New York City
E                             B7                  E
He said for some boys to come down and set things straight

[Verse 5]
E                  B7
He met Milly in El Paso
     B7                                     E
Underneath a tree in the parking lot of the motel
        E
And the next day when Billy went in the bank
    A
She started the car and she drove away
     E               B7             E
When Billy came out, he never had a chance

[Chorus]
                       A
And the roads just get rougher
            E
Out in West Texas
                B7
The cowboys are tougher
                        E
And the young girls are restless
                       A
And the winds take the towns
                    E
And there ain't any signs
                     B7
But there's always a hill to climb
                  E
On the West Texas skyline

[Instrumental]

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[Verse 6]
E
Put up the sign one more time
   B7
At Milly's cafe
     B7                                            E
They loaded the stuff out of the car and into the doorway
E
Milly looked back the one last time
A
And when she turned around she was crying
E                         B7               E
Her daddy just got in his car and he drove away

[Chorus]
                       A
And the roads just get rougher
            E
Out in West Texas
                B7
The cowboys are tougher
                        E
And the young girls are restless
                       A
And the winds take the towns
                    E
And there ain't any signs
                     B7
But there's always a hill to climb
                  E
On the West Texas skyline
                     B7
But there's always a hill to climb
                  E
On the West Texas skyline