Taneytown Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Am][C][G][Am]
[C][G][Am][Em][Am][C][G][Am]
[C]
[G][Am][Em][G]

[Verse 1]
[Am]I went down to Tan[C]eytown
[G]I went down to T[Am]aneytown
To see [C]what I could see
[G][Am]

[Verse 2]
[Em]
[G]My mam[Am]a told me never [C]go
I'm dam[G]n near twenty two [Am]years old
Some[C]times I fear this [G]holler
[Am]swallow me

[Verse 3]
[Am]She ran off [C]to Gettysburg
Went [G]off with that new [Am]beau of hers
[C]I snuck off after dark
[G][Am]

[Verse 4]
[Em]
[G]It's a lon[Am]g way down the cou[C]nty road
The [G]stars were bright and the
[Am]moon was low
[C]Down to where the black [G]top highway starts
[Am]

[Verse 5]
[Am]I went down to Tan[C]eytown
[G]I went down to T[Am]aneytown
[C]I went down [G]to see what I [Am]could see

[Interlude 1]
[C][G][Am][C][G]
[Am][Em]
[G]

[Verse 6]
Now [Am]everybody stared [C]at me
You'd [G]think that they ain't
[Am]never seen
[C]A colored boy before
[G][Am]

[Verse 7]
[Em]
[G]Well they chu[Am]nked at me and
called [C]me names
They'd have [G]whopped me sure
but the [Am]sheriff came
[C]I slipped off ran [G]through

[Verse 8]
the dry goods store
[Am]I ran down Divis[C]ion Street
[G]Some of them boys [Am]followed me
Down [C]to the railroad [G]track
[Am]

[Verse 9]
[E]
[G]There's [Am]four of them and [C]I can't fight
[G]But I had my old [Am]Randall knife
I [C]cut that boy and I nev[G]er did look back
[Am]

[Verse 10]
I went down to [C]Taneytown
[G]I went down to T[Am]aneytown
[C]I went down to see [G]what I could see

[Interlude 2]
[Am][C][G][Am][C][G]
[Am][Em][G]
[Am][C][G][Am][C][G][Am]
[D][C]
[Bm][Am][C][G][Am][C][G][Am][Em]
[G]

[Verse 11]
[Am]Cross the fields and wood[C]s I run
Like a [G]bullet from a rab[Am]bit gun
Back [C]home to my bed
[G][Am]

[Verse 12]
[E]
[G]Now Ma [Am]came in from [C]Gettysburg
[G]Her and that new beau [Am]of hers
[C]"Boy you look like [G]hell"; alls
she said
[Am]

[Verse 13]
A month went by without [C]a word
Some[G]body down the [Am]holler heard
[C]About that boy they hung
[G][Am]

[Verse 14]
[Em]
[G]He begged tho[Am]se men to spare his[C] life
But I [G]dropped my bloody Ran[Am]dall knife
He [C]picked it up so they [G]thought
he was [Am]the one, yeah

[Verse 15]
[Am]I went down to Tan[C]eytown
[G]I went down to T[Am]aneytown
I [C]ain't goin' [G]back there anymore

[Outro 1]
[G][Am]