Notice: Undefined index: PATH_INFO in /var/www/chordiepro/chord.pere on line 794
Carolina Drama Raconteurs
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
----------------------------------------------------------------------------
[Am]I'm not sure if there's a point to this story
But I'm [C]going to [G]tell it a[Am]gain
[Am]So many other people try to tell the tale
Not [C]one of them [G]knows the [Am]end
It was a [Am]junk-house in South Carolina
Held a [C]boy the [G]age of ten
[Am]Along with his Older brother Billy
And a [C]mother and [G]her [Am]boyfriend
Who was a [D]triple loser with some blue tattoos
[D]That were given to him when he was young
And a [Am]drunk temper that was easy to lose
And thank god [C]he didn't[G] own a gun[Em] [Am]
[Am]Well, Billy woke up in the back of his truck
Took a [C]minute to [G]open his [Am]eyes
[Am]He took a peep into the back of the house
And [C]found himself a [G]big [Am]surprise
[D]He didn't see his brother but there was his mother
[D]With her red-headed head in her hands
While the [Am]boyfriend had his gloves wrapped around an old priest
[C]Trying to[G] choke the man[Em] [Am] [C] [G] [Em] [G] [F]
Break: (Ah Ah Ahhh...)
[Am] [G] [F]
[Am]Billy looked up from the window to the truck
Threw [C]up, and h[G]ad to struggle to [Am]stand
[Am]He saw that red-necked bastard with a hammer
Turn the [C]priest into a [G]shell of a [Am]man
[D]The priest was putting up the fight of his life
[D]But he was old and he was bound to lose
The [Am]boyfriend hit as hard as he could
C G Em Am (Manodlin Enters)
And knocked the priest right down to his shoes
[Am]Well, now Billy knew but never actually met
The [C]preacher lying [G]there in the [Am]room
[Am]He heard himself say, "That must be my daddy"
Then he [C]knew what he was [G]gonna [Am]do
[D]Billy got up enough courage, took it up
[D]And grabbed the first blunt thing he could find
It was a [Am]cold, glass bottle of milk
That got delivered [C]every morni[G]ng at nine[Em] [Am] [C] [G] [Em] [G] [F]
Break: (Ah Ah Ahhh...)
[Am] [G] [F] [Em]
[Am]Billy broke in and saw the blood on the floor, and
[Am]He turned around and put the lock on the door
[Dm]He looked dead into the boyfriend's eye
His [E]mother was a ghost, too upset to cry, then
[Am]He took a step toward the man on the ground
[Am]From his mouth trickled out a little audible sound
[Dm]He heard the boyfriend shout, "Get out!"
And [E]Billy said, "Not till I know what this is all about"
[Am]"Well, this preacher here was attacking your mama"
[Am]But Billy knew just who was starting the drama
[Dm]So Billy took dead aim at his face
And [E]smashed the bottle on the man who left his dad in disgrace, and
[Am]The white milk dripped down with the blood, and the
[Am]Boyfriend fell down dead for good
[Dm]Right next to the preacher who was gasping for air
And [E]Billy shouted, "Daddy, why'd you have to come back here?"
[Am]His mama reached behind the sugar and honey, and
[Am]Pulled out an envelope filled with money
[Dm]"Your daddy gave us this," she collapsed in tears
"[E]He's been paying all the bills for years"
[Am]"Mama, let's put this body underneath the trees
[Am]and put Daddy in the truck and head to Tennessee"
[Dm]Just then, his little brother came in
[E]Holding the milk man's hat and a bottle of gin singing,
(Repeat Am Dm and E for Laa Laa Laa part)
[Am]Well now you heard another side to the story
But you [C]wanna know [G]how it [Am]ends?
[Am]If you must know, the truth about the tale
[C]Go and [G]ask the [Am]milkman
Important: The song above is NOT stored on the Chordie server. The original song is hosted at www.guitaretab.com. Chordie works as a search engine and provides on-the-fly formatting. Chordie does not index songs against artists'/composers' will. To remove this song please click here.
