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Intro

Billy was a drover

 He lived out on the Three Chain Road

 Fell in love with Mary and they married

 She made his shack a home

 He drove a mob to Queensland

 And it hurt to have to leave her on her own

 She promised she'd be waiting

 When he brought the cattle home

Chorus

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

 It's sending out a warning as she moans

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

The wind is crying Billy please don't go

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Billy came home early

He wasn't due for many days

 He walked into the cabin found his Mary

 In a strangers arms she lay

 In the blindness of his anger

 The fatal shots rang out from Billy's gun

 In that smokey silence he knew

 And he wept for what he'd done

Chorus

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

 It's sending out a warning as she moans

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

The wind is crying Billy please don't go

Solo

Verse 3

Billy walked out slowly

He Knew what must be done

 Somewhere in the darkness a shot rang out

 Billy's time had come

 They say his spirits out there

 You can feel it every time the cold wind blows

 It's warning all the strangers

 who come by the Three Chain Road

Chorus

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

 It's sending out a warning as she moans

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

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

 It's sending out a warning as she moans

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

The wind is crying Billy please don't go

Outro