Intro 
  
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Billy was a drover
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He lived out on the Three Chain Road
                             |  CFell (x32010@1)in love with Mary and they married
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She made his shack a home
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He drove a mob to Queensland
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And it hurt to have to leave her on her own
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She promised she'd be waiting 
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When he brought the cattle home

Chorus:

C (x32010@1)    | F (133211@1)         | Bb (x1333x@1)          | C (x32010@1)            | F (133211@1)       
There's a lonesome wind blowin down the Three Chain Road tonight
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It's sending out a warning as she moans
F (133211@1)          | Bb (x1333x@1)          | C (x32010@1)           |  Dm (xx0231@1)      |        |
Billy don't go riding down the Three Chain Road tonight
Gm (355333@1)             | A (x02220@1)              | Dm (xx0231@1)     |         |
The wind is crying Billy please don't go

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Billy came home early
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He wasn't due for many days
                                |  CHe (x32010@1)walked into the cabin found his Mary
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In a strangers arms she lay
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In the blindness of his anger 
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The fatal shots rang out from Billy's gun
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In that smokey silence he  knew
                          |Dm       Dm (xx0231@1)Dm|Dm (xx0231@1)  DmAnd (xx0231@1)he wept for what he'd done





Chorus:

C (x32010@1)    | F (133211@1)         | Bb (x1333x@1)          | C (x32010@1)            | F (133211@1)       |
There's a lonesome wind blowin down the Three Chain Road tonight
     F (133211@1)         | Bb (x1333x@1)         | C (x32010@1)     |         |
It's sending out a warning as she moans
F (133211@1)          | Bb (x1333x@1)          | C (x32010@1)           |  Dm (xx0231@1)      |        |
Billy don't go riding down the Three Chain Road tonight
Gm (355333@1)             | A (x02220@1)              | Dm (xx0231@1)     |         |
The wind is crying Billy please don't go

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      GmC| (355333@1)Dm (xx0231@1)     |         |

Verse 3

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Billy walked out slowly
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He Knew what must be done
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Somewhere in the darkness a shot rang out
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Billy's time had come
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They say his spirits out there
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You can feel it every time the cold wind blows
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It's warning all the strangers 
                          |  Dm (xx0231@1)     Dm (xx0231@1)Dm|Dm (xx0231@1)  Dmwho (xx0231@1)come by the Three Chain Road

Chorus

C (x32010@1)    | F (133211@1)         | Bb (x1333x@1)          | C (x32010@1)            | F (133211@1)       
There's a lonesome wind blowin down the Three Chain Road tonight
  |  F (133211@1)         | Bb (x1333x@1)         | C (x32010@1)     |         |
It's sending out a warning as she moans
F (133211@1)          | Bb (x1333x@1)          | C (x32010@1)           |  Dm (xx0231@1)      |        |
Billy don't go riding down the Three Chain Road tonight
C (x32010@1)    | F (133211@1)         | Bb (x1333x@1)          | C (x32010@1)            | F (133211@1)       |
There's a lonesome wind blowin down the Three Chain Road tonight
     F (133211@1)         | Bb (x1333x@1)         | C (x32010@1)     |         |
It's sending out a warning as she moans
F (133211@1)          | Bb (x1333x@1)          | C (x32010@1)           |  Dm (xx0231@1)      |        |
Billy don't go riding down the Three Chain Road tonight
Gm (355333@1)             | A (x02220@1)              | Dm (xx0231@1)     | 
The wind is crying Billy please don't go

Outro

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