Key: E
Introduction:
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BILLY WAS BORN IN A PRAIRIE STORM, DUST TURNED THE WHOLE TOWN BLACK,
B7 E
DAD LEFT HOME A MONTH BEFORE, AND PROMISED, HE'D BE BACK,
A E
HE SAID I CAN'T MAKE A LIVING OUT OF FARMING DUST, AIN'T NO OTHER JOB
B7
AROUND HERE.
E B7
THEN HE TURNED AND CLIMBED ABOARD THE TRAIN, AS SHE FOUGHT BACK THE
E
TEARS,
WHEN THE DUST HAD SETTLED ON HER DREAMS, MONTHS HAD TURNED TO YEARS,
A
WITH HIS NOSE TO THE WINDOW OF THAT HIGH-BALLING TRAIN,
E
THUNDERING CROSS THE PRAIRIES LIKE A HURRICANE,
A
THROUGH THE MOUNTAINS OUT TO THE PACIFIC SHORE,
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LIFE WOULDN'T EVER BE THE SAME NO MORE
NOW LATE AT NIGHT WHEN THE CITY SLEEPS, HE SWEARS HE SOMETIMES HEARS,