Pals

[Intro ]
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Hmmmm....they forever remained pals 

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[Verso 1]
 
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The Kid was just an orphan boy when Tunstall came around 
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His early years had taught him well the world could knock you down 
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Then Tunstall gave him honest work and treated Billy fair 
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For a young man used to running, there was family here 
 


[Verso 2]
 
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Then gunfire filled the open road and Tunstall hit the ground 
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The law came wearing different faces every time he turned around 
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Billy pinned a badge above the hurt he carried deep inside 
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And became a Regulator to fight the shifting tides 
 


[Refrão]
 
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Pals!---I ride with you forever and a day 
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In Lincoln County we'll keep.... the enemy at bay 
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When our whole world burns I won't leave you behind 
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A good friend is harder than the devil to find 

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Pals!---We stand together come what may 
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Through the long hard night to the break of day 
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Should we lose the fight we may lose it all 
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But together we ride...... together we fall 
 


[Verso 3]
 
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Brewer before them, Scurlock rode beside 
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Boudre and the Regulators swore their purpose with great pride 
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With warrants in their pockets and their rifles on their rein 
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Billy rode to bring back justice until it became revenge 
 


[Verso 4]
 
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Lincoln burned around them as the lines began to blur 
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Billy, a once a sworn lawman became a wanted murderer 
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Every friend became a brother when another Regulator fell 
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Soon every road from Lincoln led them deeper into hell 
 


[Refrão]
 
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Pals!---I ride with you forever and a day 
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In Lincoln County we'll keep.... the enemy at bay 
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When our whole world burns I won't leave you behind 
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A good friend is harder than the devil to find 

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Pals!---We stand together come what may 
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Through the long hard night to the break of day 
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Should we lose the fight we may lose it all 
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But together we ride...... together we fall 


{Instrumental} 
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[Verso 5]
 
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The war was done on paper, but Lincoln remembered his name 
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Billy kept on riding while the newspapers fed the flames 
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Tom O'Folliard and Charlie Bourdre rode along with him in fame 
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the world called them outlaws, isn't that a shame 
 


[Verso 6]
 
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Pat Garret killed poor Charlie down in Stinking Springs 
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In Fort Sumner Tom was killed, a friend to the very end 
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The Kid had been captured, everyone thought it was the end 
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But an ever resourceful Billy had escaped them once again 
 


[Refrão]
 
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Pals!---I ride with you forever and a day 
           D                         E         
In Lincoln County we'll keep.... the enemy at bay 
         G           E                         G 
When our whole world burns I won't leave you behind 
                 D               E 
A good friend is harder than the devil to find 

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Pals!---We stand together come what may 
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Through the long hard night to the break of day 
                                        C 
Should we lose the fight we may lose it all 
                E     D                E     G  E 
But together we ride...... together we fall 


{Instrumental} 
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[Verso 7]
 
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Late at night in Fort Sumner, black shadows filled the room 
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A familiar house stood silent beneath a silvery moon 
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Billy stepped into the darkness, a knife held at his side 
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   Quien es? spoken into silence then a gunshot split the night, 

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Billy the Kid was laid to rest or so the story goes... 
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But years later, by the graves in Lincoln, an old man stood alone... 
 

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Hmmmmm....Pals!                  Pals!