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Earle Steve - Billy & Bonnie guitar tab

Billy And Bonnie -Steve Earle

I Feel Alright 1996

(G)Billy was 17 and (C)mean as (G)hell (C G)

Bonnie said she was 30, it was (D)hard to (G)tell (D G)

Billy met Bonnie on a (C)Saturday (G)night (C G)

At the dirt track races, it was (D)love at first (G)sight

Bonnie was wilder than the (C)west wind (G)blows (C G)

Taught Billy every single (D)thing he (G)knows (D G)

But she never told billy what (C)she left (G)out (C G)

The part about the trouble when your (D)times runs (G)out (D G)

When the thrill is (c)gone, when your deal goes (G)south (C G)

It's all over when your (C)time runs (G)out (C G)

Other verses continue the same.

Bonnie said, "Billy, don't you think it's time

We moved on a little further down the line"

So they knocked off a Texaco south of town

Blew down the highway with the ragtop down

Billy woke Bonnie up about first light

Said, "You drive honey, I've been up all night"

Now Billy wasn't sweatin' no APB

‘Cause they didn't leave a single soul alive to see

The boy was just 16, made his mama proud

That don't mean nothin' when your time runs out

Bonnie kept pushin' that Cadillac

Billy passed out with the seat reared back

Slept through Louisiana, then just past dark

Bonnie pulled over in a roadside park

Left Billy sleeping and she called the cops

He never knew nothin' when the dime was dropped

Bonnie knew what she had to do

She called the sheriff and she cried on cue

And the state police rousted Billy out

He was dreaming about Bonnie when his time ran out

The sheriff told Billy, "Boy, you're bound to die

‘Cause this young lady's gonna testify

That you done took her off against her will

And she told us about the robbery and the boy you killed"

The judge said, "Billy, what you got to say

Before I have the sheriff carry you away"

Billy looked Bonnie right in the eye

But he didn't even have to ask her why

But he turned around as they led him out

He said, "I'll see you down in hell when your time runs out"

Note: I think this is ok.I don't have a mandolin but if you

capo the fifth fret and play the appropriate chords ( D, Dsus4,G and A)

it sounds pretty good.Comments, corrections welcome.

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