WILD BILL

James Michael Taylor

WILD BILL Key C

   C                         Bass F#          Am           Bass G                     Bass F        Bass C

The moon shone like diamonds on mirrors in puddles shaped like horse’s feet
Dm Dm - Dm - - Dm - - - G Am Bm
Deadwood was quiet. The smoke had all settled. The blood was dry.
Young Jack McCall sat in his cell, alone and quiet
What had he done that day? What would his mother say? G Am Bm Dm C Bm

C G Dm A F C G
Oh, Bill. My Bill. What have you done to my heart, Bill.
C G Dm A F G C
Oh, Bill. WILD BILL. What have you done to my heart

F - Bill had a lover and he left he’d distraught.
C - (So she) found a new man. No WILD BILL but, “So what?”
G - (Then Bill) comes back to town and some problems arise
F - (He outgun)ned the poor fool and that’s where the rub lies

You see, Bill had to shoot first or he mighta got shot hisself
He didn’t like it but that was the hand he was dealt
Her young son, his mother’s loss to address
Decides he’ll send this WILD BILL to his eternal rest

So, he shot Bill in the back. Now he sits in a cell.
He’s got a date with a rope tomorrow at twelve
So, she lost both her lovers, now she’s losing a son
And there’s no place to hide from the Song of the Gun

Oh, Bill. My Bill. What have you done to my heart, Bill.
Oh, Bill. WILD BILL. What have you done to my heart

An eye for an eye and a heart for a heart just doubles the damage
But if he had it to do over, he’d have to do it allover
Brothers in Worms, the graveyard lay yawning. The grass was dry.
The good times, the missed fortunes, the passion, the promises
Their gold would outlast them all…*

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