Steve Earle

Steve Earle - Taneytown

(chorus)
I w ^Am7 ent down to T ^C aneytown, ^G I went down to T ^Am7 aneytown,
To ^Am7 see what I could s ^G ee ^- , ^{Am7 - Em7}
(verse 1)
My ^Am7 mama told me n ^C ever go,
^G I’m damned nea ^Am7 r twenty-two years old,
Some ^Am7 times I fear this,
^G Hollow swallowing ^Am7 me, ^{- Em7}
She ^Am7 went off to G ^C ettysburg,
^G Went off with ^Am7 that new boy of hers,
I s ^Am7 nuck off after d ^G ar ^- k, ^{Am7 - Em7}
It†^Am7 ™s a long way down the ^C County Road,
^G The stars were bright and ^Am7 the moon was low,
Down ^Am7 where the b ^G lacktop h ^Am7 ighway starts ^Am7 ,
(chorus)
I w ^Am7 ent down to T ^C aneytown, ^G I went down to T ^Am7 aneytown,
To ^Am7 see what I could s ^G ee ^- , ^{Am7 - Em7}
(verse 2)
Now everybody stared at me,
you’d think that they ain’t never seen,
A colored boy before.
Well, they jumped at me and they called me names,
they’d a whupped me sure, but the sheriff came,
I slipped off, ran through the dry goods store.
I ran down Division Street,
But some of them boys followed me,
Down to the railroad track.
There was four of them and I can’t fight,
But I got my old Randall knife,
I cut that boy and I never did look back.
(chorus)
I w ^Am7 ent down to T ^C aneytown, ^G I went down to T ^Am7 aneytown,
To ^Am7 see what I could s ^G ee ^- , ^{Am7 - Em7}
(verse 3)
Across the fields & woods I run,
like a bullet from a rabbit gun,
Back home to my bed.
Now ma came back from Gettysburg,
her and that new beau of hers,
Boy you look like hell, was all she said.
A month went by without a word,
somebody down in the hollow heard,
About that boy they hung.
He begged those men to spare his life,
but I dropped my bloody Randall knife,
He picked it up, so they thought he was the one.
(chorus)
I w ^Am7 ent down to T ^C aneytown, ^G I went down to T ^Am7 aneytown,
To ^Am7 see what I could s ^G ee ^- , ^{Am7 - Em7}
(chorus)
I w ^Am7 ent down to T ^C aneytown, ^G I went down to T ^Am7 aneytown,
To ^Am7 see what I could s ^G ee ^- , ^{Am7 - Em7}