Your gonna need a capo on the 1st to play along with the song.


G (320003@1)                         BmBilly (x24432@1)Rose was a low rider, Billy Rose was a night fighter 
C (x32010@1)                                G (320003@1)              D (xx0232@1) Billy Rose knew trouble like the sound of his own name 
AmBusted (x02210@1)on a drunken charge 
CDriving (x32010@1)someone else's car 
    Cm (x3101x@1)                               GThe (320003@1)local midnight sheriff's claim to fame 

      G (320003@1)                    BmIn (x24432@1)an Arizona jail there are some who tell the tale, how 
C (x32010@1)                                G (320003@1)            DBilly (xx0232@1)fought the sergeant for some milk that he demanded 
AmKnowing (x02210@1)they'd remain the boss 
CKnowing (x32010@1)he would pay the cost 
     Cm (x3101x@1)                      G (320003@1)They saw he was severely reprimanded 

       Em (022000@1)             Bm (x24432@1)In the blackest cell on A Block 
   Em (022000@1)              BmHe (x24432@1)hanged himself at dawn 
       Em (022000@1)              BmWith (x24432@1)a note stuck to the bunk head 
      Am (x02210@1)                       DDon't (xx0232@1)mess with me, just take me home 

         Em (022000@1)         D (xx0232@1)           
Come and lay, help us lay 
            Gyoung (320003@1)Billy down 

G (320003@1)                    BmLuna (x24432@1)was a Mexican the law calls an alien 
    C (x32010@1)                             G (320003@1)        DFor (xx0232@1)coming across the border with a baby and a wife 
           AmThough (x02210@1)the clothes upon his back were wet 
CStill (x32010@1)he thought that he could get 
     Cm (x3101x@1)                         GSome (320003@1)money and things to start a life 

   G (320003@1)                               Bm (x24432@1)It hadn't been too very long when it seemed like everything went wrong 
     C (x32010@1)                          G (320003@1)               DThey (xx0232@1)didn't even have the time to find themselves a home 
     Am (x02210@1)
This foreigner, a brown-skin male 
CThrown (x32010@1)inside a Texas jail 
   Cm (x3101x@1)                           G (320003@1)It left the wife and baby quite alone 

   Em (022000@1)             Bm (x24432@1)
He eased the pain inside him 
       Em (022000@1)          BmWith (x24432@1)a needle in his arm 
        Em (022000@1)           BmBut (x24432@1)the dope just crucified him 
   Am (x02210@1)                    DHe (xx0232@1)died to no one's great alarm 

         Em (022000@1)         DCome (xx0232@1)and lay, help us lay 
           GYoung (320003@1)Luna down 
                Em (022000@1)           DAnd (xx0232@1)we're gonna raze, raze the prisons 
       GTo (320003@1)the ground 

G (320003@1)                          Bm (x24432@1)                      CKilowatt (x32010@1)was an aging con of 65 who stood a chance to stay alive 
                        G (320003@1)              DAnd (xx0232@1)leave the joint and walk the streets again 
       Am (x02210@1)               
As the time he was to leave drew near 
   CHe (x32010@1)suffered all the joy and fear 
   Cm (x3101x@1)                     GOf (320003@1)leaving 35 years in the pen 

    G (320003@1)                          BmAnd (x24432@1)on the day of his release he was approached by the police 
    C (x32010@1)                            G (320003@1)           DWho (xx0232@1)took him to the warden walking slowly by his side 
    AmThe (x02210@1)warden said "You won't remain here 
CBut (x32010@1)it seems a state retainer 
Cm (x3101x@1)                             GClaims (320003@1)another 10 years of your life." 

           Em (022000@1)             BmHe (x24432@1)stepped out in the Texas sunlight 
    Em (022000@1)            BmThe (x24432@1)cops all stood around 
    Em (022000@1)         BmOld (x24432@1)Kilowatt ran 50 yards 
     Am (x02210@1)                      DThen (xx0232@1)threw himself down on the ground 

              Em (022000@1)           DThey (xx0232@1)might as well just have laid 
            GThe (320003@1)old man down 
                Em (022000@1)           D (xx0232@1)And we're gonna raze, raze the prisons 
       GTo (320003@1)the ground 
        Em (022000@1)           DHelp (xx0232@1)us raze, raze the prisons 
       GTo (320003@1)the ground