D                      G            D
Billy Gray Road In The Country Back In The
        A
Year Of 83,
G              D                A
Where He First Met Pretty Sarah Maclean,
D              G        D              A
A Wild Rose Of Morning A Pale Flower A Dawning,
G           D            A                 D
Carol did spring time in Billy’s life that day

V2
D             G                 D
Now Sarah she could not see the daylight of
 A
reality
G            D                          A
In her young eyes Billy born Not of the law
D                G          D
Knowing That Her Chosen One Once And Was A
A
Higher Gun
G         D      A           D
Wanted In Kansas City By The Law

Ch
G                    D         A
But True Love Has No Season no rhyme nor no
D
reason
G             D           A               D
justice it is cold as the Grainger County clay

V3
D                  G             D
And Then One Day A Tall Man Came Riding From
    A
The Badlands
G                D                A
That Lied To The North Of New Mexico
D          G                   D
He Was Overheard To Say He Was Looking For
A
Billy Gray
G        D         A            D
A Wanted Man And A Dangerous Outlaw

V4
D                     G           D
Well the news it came creeping to Billy fast
A
sleeping
G            D                     A
there in the bar the Clair Inn and hotel
D             G               D
He Ran To The Old Church That Lied On The
A
Outskirts
G             D           A           D
Thinking He’d Hide In The Old Steeple There

V5
D                     G           D
But A Rifle Ball Came Flying Face Down He’ll
    A
Lay Dying
G            D                        A
There In The Dust In The Road Were He Lay
D         G              D            A
Sarah Ran To Him She Was Cursing That Law Man
G                D        A
Poor Girl Had No Reason Except That He Had Been
 D
Killed

(sing Ch)

V6
D           G                     D
Sarah Still Lives In That All The Old White
       A
Framed House
G               D                  A
Where She First Met Billy 40 Years Ago
D                 G           D
But The Wild Rose morning has Faded with the
A
dawning 
G           D          A                 D
Each Day Of Sorrow The Lonely Years Have Known

V7
D                  G         D
And written on the old stone were The dusty 
           A
winds have blown
G  D                            A
18 Words To The Passing Strange Say
D                G         D            A
True Love Has No Season No Rhyme Nor No Reason
G             D         A               A
Justice Is It Cold As A Grainger County Clay