E
Billy Barlow was a poor boy
       D                 A           E
That's why he robbed the Union Grove Bank
         E
He was a sweet talking ladies man
D                     A             E
That's what he'd have ladies all to think

[Chorus]
       D                       A                         E
Oh the secret to a long life's knowing when it's time to go
       D                       A                         E
Oh the secret to a long life's knowing when it's time to go

[Verse]
            E
So when the posse came riding
D          A           E
Billy went hiding down south
              E
Holed up in a shack with Maria
         D                  A        E
With the black hair and her ruby red mouth

[Chorus]
       D                       A                         E
Oh the secret to a long life's knowing when it's time to go
       D                       A                         E
Oh the secret to a long life's knowing when it's time to go

[Verse]
            E
So when the news reached her lover
D             A                E
Billy ran for cover, don't you know
                   E
Yeah, and when the bullets started ringing
D             A                E
Billy started singing "Time to go..."

[Chorus]
       D                       A                         E
Oh the secret to a long life's knowing when it's time to go
       D                       A                         E
Oh the secret to a long life's knowing when it's time to go

E     D     A     E
Oh....Oh....Oh....Oh.....Time to go now!

[Instrumental]
E D A E (x2)
D A E   (x2)

[Verse]
E                            D            A        E
Billy headed north where the sands of the Badlands blow
           E
But in his dreams he's south
           D            A        E
He's still kissing that ruby red mouth

[Chorus]
       D                       A                         E
Oh the secret to a long life's knowing when it's time to go
       D                       A                         E
Oh the secret to a long life's knowing when it's time to go

E     D     A     E
Oh....Oh....Oh....Oh..... (x3)

    E                       D                 A        E
The secret to a long life's knowing when it's time to go
    E                       D                 A        E
The secret to a long life's knowing when it's time to go
    E                       D                 A        E
The secret to a long life's knowing when it's time to go