C                   F              C
Cowboys and outlaws and long shiny rails

C                             D7           G7
Was the background setting of grandpappy's tales

C                  F             C
Places like Tucson and old Santa Fe

C                G7           C
Cheyenne Wyomin' during Rodeo Days


C                       F              C
I'd sit there for hours perched on his knee

C                          D7           G7
To ride just as far as his memory could see

C                          F         C
With Billy The Kid and the one Jesse James

C                        G7             C
Rail ridin' outlaws that robbed lots of trains


       F                      C
Let me tell you a story 'bout Billy The Kid

C                            D7             G7
The one Jesse James and some things that we did

  F                       C           Am
I knew them well son just like my own name

G7                               C
Billy and Jesse me and we robbed trains


C                          F          C
But a boy don't stay seven all of his life

C                              D7              G7
And he starts to wonder what's true and what's lies

C                              F               C
Still respect makes him listen to an old man's refrain

C                                G7                C
Bout a wild bunch of cowboys and some make believe trains


       F                      C
Let me tell you a story 'bout Billy The Kid

C                            D7             G7
The one Jesse James and some things that we did

  F                       C           Am
I knew them well son just like my own name

G7                               C
Billy and Jesse me and we robbed trains


C                         F               C
The funeral was family as funerals should be

C                         D7             G7
Except for two cowboys no one else could see

C                               F             C
And then they were gone just as quick as they came

C                   G7              C
Billy and Jesse had robbed one more train


       F                      C
Let me tell you a story 'bout Billy The Kid

C                            D7             G7
The one Jesse James and some things that we did

  F                       C           Am
I knew them well son just like my own name

G7                               C
Billy and Jesse me and we robbed trains