Taneytown Steve Earle
"(2)
Steve Earle - Taneytown
Intro: Am7 - C - G - Am7 - G - 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]
(verse 1)
My [Am7]mama told me n[C]ever go,
[G]Iâ??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]
Itâ?[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,
youâ??d think that they ainâ??t never seen,
A colored boy before.
Well, they jumped at me and they called me names,
theyâ??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 canâ??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]
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