Taneytown

"(2) Steve Earle - Taneytown Intro: Am7 - C - G - Am7 - G - Am7 - Em7 (chorus) Am7 C G Am7 I went down to Taneytown, I went down to Taneytown, Am7 G -Em7 To see what I could see, (verse 1) Am7 C My mama told me never go, G Am7 I??m damned near twenty-two years old, Am7 Some times I fear this, G Am7 Em7 Hollow swallowing me, Am7 C She went off to Gettysburg, G Am7 Went off with that new boy of hers, Am7 G - Em7 I snuck off after dark, Am7 C It??s a long way down the County Road, G Am7 The stars were bright and the moon was low, Am7 G Am7 Am7 Down where the blacktop highway starts, (chorus) Am7 C G Am7 I went down to Taneytown, I went down to Taneytown, Am7 G -Em7 To see what I could see, (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) Am7 C G Am7 I went down to Taneytown, I went down to Taneytown, Am7 G -Em7 To see what I could see, (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) Am7 C G Am7 I went down to Taneytown, I went down to Taneytown, Am7 G -Em7 To see what I could see, (chorus) Am7 C G Am7 I went down to Taneytown, I went down to Taneytown, Am7 G - Em7 To see what I could see, "