Intro:  E E   E D A E (x2) 


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Billy Barlow was a poor boy 
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That's why he robbed the Union Grove Bank 
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He was a sweet talking ladies man 
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That's what he'd have ladies all to think 

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Oh the secret to a long life's knowing when it's time to go 
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Oh the secret to a long life's knowing when it's time to go 

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So when the posse came riding 
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Billy went hiding down south 
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Holed up in a shack with Maria 
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With the black hair and her ruby red mouth 



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Oh the secret to a long life's knowing when it's time to go 
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Oh the secret to a long life's knowing when it's time to go 

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So when the news reached her lover 
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Billy ran for cover, don't you know 
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Yeah, and when the bullets started ringing 
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Billy started singing "Time to go..." 

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Oh the secret to a long life's knowing when it's time to go 
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Oh the secret to a long life's knowing when it's time to go 


E     D     A     E 
Oh....Oh....Oh....Oh.....Time to go now! 


Instrumental    

E D A E (X 2)  D A E (x2) 

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Billy headed north where the sands of the Badlands blow 
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But in his dreams he's south 
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He's still kissing that ruby red mouth 

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Oh the secret to a long life's knowing when it's time to go 
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Oh the secret to a long life's knowing when it's time to go 

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Oh....Oh....Oh....Oh..... (x3) 

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The secret to a long life's knowing when it's time to go 
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The secret to a long life's knowing when it's time to go 
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The secret to a long life's knowing when it's time to go