William Chris Knight
Capo 3rd
[G] [C] [D] [G]
[G]Well I remember [D]William
[C]We weren't much more than [G]kids
His [C]family lived in a [G]run down shack
Like the [D]rest of the white trash [C]did
[G]Now me and ole [D]William
We used to [C]smoke out behind the [G]barn
Til his [C]daddy caught him stealing [G]cigarettes
[D]I still think he broke William's a[G]rm
[G]When I was drinkin my [D]first beer
Ole W[C]illiam was getting [G]high
He got [C]kicked out of school for [G]fightin and drugs
And he [D]stayed out late at n[C]ight
[G]He never said too m[D]uch about home
Or the b[C]ruises on his b[G]ack
[C]I asked him [G]about em one time
But he [D]never answered ba[C]ck
Chorus:
[C]Yeah William
You g[D]rew up hard and m[G]ean
You [C]weren't the apple of your [G]mama's eye
And your [D]daddy was a burned out f[C]iend
[G]For what it's worth now [D]William
I know you [C]could've had a heart of [G]gold
But I don't [C]think you ever knew that you [G]had one
I don't t[D]hink you were ever t[G]old [C] [D] [G]
[G]He spent a year in [D]reform school
Cause he [C]broke in a hardware [G#]store
[C]Now me and William lost track of e[G]ach other
I never s[D]aw him much any[C]more
[G]The last time I seen[D] William
He was [C]married and had two [G]kids
He tried to [C]raise em like he was [G]supposed to
But sometimes he [D]raised em like his daddy d[C]id
[C]Yeah William
You g[D]rew up hard and m[G]ean
You [C]weren't the apple of your [G]mama's eye
And your [D]daddy was a burned out f[C]iend
[G]For what it's worth now [D]William
I know you [C]could've had a heart of [G]gold
But I don't [C]think you ever knew that you [G]had one
I don't t[D]hink you were ever t[G]old [C] [D] [G]
[G]Well just last Sunday [D]mornin
Momma [C]called me on the [G]phone
Said there's a s[C]tory in the paper about[G] William
She just thought I [D]might like to k[C]now
[G]He got shot by a [D]city cop
While he was [C]robbin a local d[G]rugstore
He was [C]survived by two hungry [G]kids, a wife
and a [D]pool of blood on the f[C]loor
[C]Yeah William
You g[D]rew up hard and m[G]ean
You [C]weren't the apple of your [G]mama's eye
And your [D]daddy was a burned out f[C]iend
[G]For what it's worth now [D]William
I know you [C]could've had a heart of [G]gold
But I don't [C]think you ever knew that you [G]had one
I don't t[D]hink you were ever t[G]old [C] [D] [G]
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