Three Chain Road (Cifras)

Intro 

  

|Dm       |         |         |         |  



Dm                 | 

Billy was a drover

 C                            | Dm       |  

He lived out on the Three Chain Road

                             |  C

Fell in love with Mary and they married

                  |  Dm          |

She made his shack a home

   Dm                        |

He drove a mob to Queensland

       Am                            |  Dm       |

And it hurt to have to leave her on her own

    Dm                        | A    

She promised she'd be waiting 

                          |Dm        Dm  

When he brought the cattle home



Chorus:



 C      | F           | Bb            | C              | F         

There's a lonesome wind blowin down the Three Chain Road tonight

 |   F           | Bb           | C       |         |

It's sending out a warning as she moans

F            | Bb            | C             |  Dm        |        |

Billy don't go riding down the Three Chain Road tonight

Gm               | A                | Dm       |         |

The wind is crying Billy please don't go



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Dm                   | 

Billy came home early

C                    | Dm       | 

He wasn't due for many days

                                |  C

He walked into the cabin found his Mary

                     |  Dm          |

In a strangers arms she lay

   Dm                        |

In the blindness of his anger 

    Am                             |  Dm       |

The fatal shots rang out from Billy's gun

    Dm                   | A    

In that smokey silence he  knew

                          |Dm       Dm  Dm |Dm   Dm

And he wept for what he'd done











Chorus:



C      | F           | Bb            | C              | F         |

There's a lonesome wind blowin down the Three Chain Road tonight

     F           | Bb           | C       |         |

It's sending out a warning as she moans

F            | Bb            | C             |  Dm        |        |

Billy don't go riding down the Three Chain Road tonight

Gm               | A                | Dm       |         |

The wind is crying Billy please don't go



Solo: |Gm       |         | Dm       |         |Gm       | 

      Gm C| Dm       |         |



Verse 3



Dm                     | 

Billy walked out slowly

C                  | Dm       | 

He Knew what must be done

                         |  C        

Somewhere in the darkness a shot rang out

              |  Dm          |

Billy's time had come

   Dm                              

They say his spirits out there

   |    Am                            |  Dm           |

You can feel it every time the cold wind blows

                             |  A       

It's warning all the strangers 

                          |  Dm       Dm  Dm |Dm   Dm

who come by the Three Chain Road



Chorus



 C      | F           | Bb            | C              | F         

There's a lonesome wind blowin down the Three Chain Road tonight

  |  F           | Bb           | C       |         |

It's sending out a warning as she moans

F            | Bb            | C             |  Dm        |        |

Billy don't go riding down the Three Chain Road tonight

C      | F           | Bb            | C              | F         |

There's a lonesome wind blowin down the Three Chain Road tonight

     F           | Bb           | C       |         |

It's sending out a warning as she moans

F            | Bb            | C             |  Dm        |        |

Billy don't go riding down the Three Chain Road tonight

Gm               | A                | Dm       | 

The wind is crying Billy please don't go



Outro



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         |     Dm C | Dm