Intro D5 D5 C5 Billy was a drover D5 He lived out on the Three Chain Road C5 Fell in love with Mary and they married D5 She made his shack a home D5 He drove a mob to Queensland A5 D5 And it hurt to have to leave her on her own D5 A5 She promised she'd be waiting D5 When he brought the cattle home F5 Bb5 C5 F5 There's a lonesome wind blowin down the Three Chain Road tonight F5 Bb5 C5 It's sending out a warning as she moans F5 Bb5 C5 D5 Billy don't go riding down the Three Chain Road tonight C5 A5 D5 The wind is crying Billy please don't go D5 C5 Billy came home early D5 He wasen't due for many days C5 He walked into the cabin found his Mary D5 In a strangers arms she lay D5 In the blindness of his anger A5 D5 The fatal shots rang out from Billy's gun A5 In that smokey silence he knew D5 And he wept for what he'd done F5 Bb5 C5 F5 There's a lonesome wind blowin down the Three Chain Road tonight F5 Bb5 C5 It's sending out a warning as she moans F5 Bb5 C5 D5 Billy don't go riding down the Three Chain Road tonight C5 A5 D5 The wind is crying Billy please don't go D5 C5 Billy walked out slowly D5 He new what must be done C5 Somewhere in the darkness a shot rang out D5 Billy's time had come They say his spirits out there A5 D5 You can feel it every time the cold wind blows A5 Dm../ It's warning all the strangers who come by the Three Chain Road Chorus F5 Bb5 C5 F5 There's a lonesome wind blowin down the Three Chain Road tonight F5 Bb5 C5 It's sending out a warning as she moans F5 Bb5 C5 D5 Billy don't go riding down the Three Chain Road tonight F5 Bb5 C5 F5 There's a lonesome wind blowin down the Three Chain Road tonight F5 Bb5 C5 It's sending out a warning as she moans F5 Bb5 C5 D5 Billy don't go riding down the Three Chain Road tonight C5 A5 D5 The wind is crying Billy please don't go