Billy Gray Chords & Lyrics - Mark Erelli

[INTRO]
[D] [G] [D] [A] [G] [D] [A] [D]

[VERSE]
Billy Grey rode into [G]Gantry,[D] back in [A]Eighty-three
[G]There he did [D]meet young Sarah Mc[A]Cray
This [D]wild rose of [G]morning, [D]pale flower [A]dawning
[G]Herald of s[D]pringtime in [A]his young life that [D]day

[VERSE]
Sarah she could not [G]see the [D]daylight of re[A]ality
In [G]her young eyes Billy [D]bore not a [A]flaw
Not [D]knowing her [G]chosen one [D]was a hired [A]gun
[G]Wanted in [D]Kansas City [A]by the [D]law

[INSTRUMENTAL]
[D] [G] [D] [A] [G] [D] [A]
[D] [G] [D] [A] [G] [D] [A] [D]

[VERSE]
Then one day a [G]tall man, came [D]riding 'cross the [A]badlands
That [G]lie to the [D]north of New [A]Mexico
[D]He was overheard to [G]say he was [D]looking for Billy [A]Grey
A [G]ruthless [D]man and a [A]dangerous out[D]law

[VERSE]
The deadly news came [G]creeping, while [D]Billy lay [A]sleeping
[G]There in the [D]Claredon Bar and Ho[A]tel
He [D]headed for the [G]old church, [D]there on the [A]outskirts
[G]Thinking to [D]climb the [A]old steeple [D]bell

[VERSE]
A rifle ball came [G]flying, face [D]down he lay [A]dying
[G]There in the dust of the [D]road where he [A]fell
[D]Sarah came to [G]him, [D]cursing the [A]lawman
Ac[G]cepting no [D]reason, just [A]knowing he was [D]killed

[VERSE]
Sarah lives in the [G]same old [D]white frame [A]house
[G]Where she first met [D]Billy some forty years a[A]go
The [D]wild rose of [G]morning had [D]faded with the [A]dawning
Of [G]each day of [D]sorrow the [A]long years had [D]sown

[OUTRO]
There on the [G]stone where the [D]dusty winds had long [A]blown
[G]Were eighteen [D]words to a passing world [A]say
"[D]True love knows no [G]season, no [D]rhyme nor no [A]reason
[G]Justice is [D]cold as the [A]Grainger County [D]clay"