Taneytown Steve Earle
Steve Earle Taneytown written by Steve Earle
Steve Earle vocal/guitar
Emmylou Harris vocal
Mark Stuart acoustic guitar
David Steele guitar
Kelly Looney bass
Brady Blade drums
[Am] [C] [G] [Am] [C] [G] [Am] [Em]
Am C
I went down to Taneytown
G Am
I went down to Taneytown
C G Am Em
To see what I could see
Am C
My mama told me never go
G Am
I'm damn near 22 years old
C G Am Em7
Sometimes I feel this holler swallow me
Am C
She ran off to Gettysburg
G Am
Went off with that new beau of hers
C G Am Em
I snuck off after dark
Am C
It's a long way down the county road
G Am
The stars were bright and the moon was low
C G Am Em
Down to where the black top highway starts
Am C
I went down to Taneytown
G Am
I went down to Taneytown
C G Am Em
I went down to see what I could see
SOLO
[Am]Now everybody [C]stared at me
[G]You'd think that they ain't [Am]never seen
[C]A colored boy [G]before[Am] [Em]
[Am]Well they jumped at me and they [C]called me names
And they [G]whoopped me sure but the [Am]sheriff came
[C]I slipped off [G]ran through the dry goods [Am]store[Em]
[Am]Now I ran down [C]Division Street
[G]And some of them boys [Am]followed me
[C]Down to the railroad [G]track[Am] [Em]
[Am]Well there was four of them and[C] I can't fight
[G]But I got my old [Am]Randall knife
[C]I cut that boy and [G]I never did look [Am]back[Em]
Am C
I went down to Taneytown
G Am
I went down to Taneytown
C G Am Em
I went down to see what I could see
SOLO
[Am]Across the fields and [C]woods I run
Like a [G]bullet from a [G]rabbit gun
[C]Back home to my b[G]ed[Am] [Em]
[Am]Now Ma come in from [C]Gettysburg
[G]Her and that new b[Am]eau of hers
[C]Boy you look like [G]hell is all she [Am]said[Em]
A[Am] month went by w[C]ithout a word
[G]Somebody down the h[Am]oller heard
[C]Bout that boy they [G]hung[Am] [Em]
[Am]He begged those men to [C]spare his life
But I [G]dropped my bloody R[Am]andall knife
[C]He picked it up so they t[G]hought he was the o[Am]ne[Em]
[Am]I went down to [C]Taneytown
[G]I went down to [Am]Taneytown
[C]I ain't going [G]back there anym[Am]ore
>From Steve Earle "El Corazon"
South Nasville Music/WB Music Corp
E Squared Records 1998
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