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Version 1 Version 2 Version 3G A young cowboy named Billy Joe D7 G Grew restless on the farm A boy filled with wanderlust D7 G Who really meant no harm C He changed his clothes and shined his boots And combed his dark hair down G And his mother cried as he walked out C G Don't Take Your Guns To Town son C G Leave your guns at home Bill C G Don't Take Your Guns To Town C G Don't Take Your Guns To Town son C G Leave your guns at home Bill C G Don't Take Your Guns To Town D7 G He laughed and kissed his mom and said your Billy Joe's a man D7 G I can shoot as quick and straight as anybody can C But I'd wouldn't shoot without a cause G I'd gun nobody down but she cried again as he rode away C G Don't Take Your Guns To Town son C G Leave your guns at home Bill C G Don't Take Your Guns To Town D7 G He sang a song as on he rode his guns hung at his hips D7 G He rode into a cattle town a smile upon his lips C He stopped and walked into a bar and laid his money down G But his mother's words echoed again C G Don't Take Your Guns To Town son C G Leave your guns at home Bill C G Don't Take Your Guns To Town D7 G He drank his first strong liquor then to calm his shaking hand D7 G And tried to tell himself at last he had become a man C A dusty cowpoke at his side began to laugh him down G And he heard again his mother's words C G Don't Take Your Guns To Town son C G Leave your guns at home Bill C G Don't Take Your Guns To Town D7 G Bill was raged and Billy Joe reached for his gun to draw D7 G But the stranger drew his gun and fired before he even saw C As Billy Joe fell to the floor the crowd all gathered around G And wondered at his final words