Taneytown
Steve Earle
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Am C G Am C G Am EmAm C I went down to TaneytownG Am I went down to TaneytownC G Am To see what I could seeEmAm C My mama told me never goG Am I'm damn near 22 years oldC G Sometimes I feel this hollerAm Em7 swallow meAm C She ran off to GettysburgG Am Went off with that new beau of hersC G Am Em I snuck off after darkAm C It's a long way down the county roadG Am The stars were bright and the moon was lowC G Down to where the black topAm Em highway startsAm C I went down to TaneytownG Am I went down to TaneytownC G I went down to see what I couldAm Em seeContinúa después del anuncioSOLOAm C Now everybody stared at meG Am You'd think that they ain't never seenC G Am Em A colored boy beforeAm Well they jumped at me and theyC called me namesG And they whoopped me sure but theAm sheriff cameC G I slipped off ran through theAm Em dry goods storeAm C Now I ran down Division StreetG Am And some of them boys followed meC G Am Em Down to the railroad trackAm C Well there was four of them and I can't fightG Am But I got my old Randall knifeC G I cut that boy and I never didAm Em look backAm C I went down to TaneytownG Am I went down to TaneytownC G I went down to see what I couldAm Em see SOLOAm C Across the fields and woods I runG G Like a bullet from a rabbit gunC G Am Em Back home to my bedAm C Now Ma come in from GettysburgG Am Her and that new beau of hersC G Boy you look like hell is all sheAm Em saidAm C A month went by without a wordG Am Somebody down the holler heardC G Am Em Bout that boy they hungAm C He begged those men to spare his lifeG Am But I dropped my bloody Randall knifeC G He picked it up so they thoughtAm Em he was the oneAm C I went down to TaneytownG Am I went down to TaneytownC G Am I ain't going back there anymore