Riff
Gm Bb A Gm
E|-6-3---3---------------------------------------------------|
B|-----6----------------------------------6-----------8------|
G|---------6--7-6-7---------------------7-----7-----6--------|
D|-5---5---5------5-----5---5---5---8-8-----8---7-7----------|
A|-----------------------------------------------------------|
E|--------------------3---3---3------------------------------|
Verse
Riff
Bb A4 Gm7
Billy was a young man gone astray
Bb A4 Gm7
Bottle at his lips all night and day
Chorus
Bb A4 Gm7
Mama said they're gonna send you up the river someday
Mama said they're gonna send you up the river someday
Verse
Whiskey ate big holes in Billy's head
Summer's day he shot spud murphy dead
