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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