{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":67648,"song":"Taneytown","artist":"Steve Earle","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11544027-taneytown-chords-by-steve-earle/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/67648?type=chord","rating":4.52109,"votes":34,"content":"[ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nI went down to Taneytown, I went down to Taneytown[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nTo see what I could see[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]        [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]\r\nMy mama told me never go, I'm damned near twenty-two years old[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]C[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]Am[/ch]      [ch]Em[/ch] [ch]G[/ch]\r\nSome times I feel this hollow swallowing me.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\nMa went off to Gettysburg, her and that new beau of hers, I snuck off after dark.\r\n\r\nIt's a long way down the Canny Road, the stars were bright & the moon was low,\r\n\r\nDown where the blacktop highway starts.\r\n\r\nChorus:\r\n\r\nI went down to Taneytown, I went down to Taneytown,\r\n\r\nI went down to see what I could see.\r\n\r\nNow everybody stared at me, you'd think that they ain't never seen,\r\n\r\nA colored boy before.\r\n\r\nWell, they jumped at me and they called me names, \r\n\r\nthey'd a whupped me sure, but the sheriff came,\r\n\r\nI slipped off and ran through the drygoods store.\r\n\r\nI ran down Division Street, but some of them boys followed me,\r\n\r\nDown to the railroad track.\r\n\r\nThere was four of them & I came five, but I got my old Randall knife,\r\n\r\nI cut that boy & I never did look back.\r\n\r\nChorus\r\n\r\nAcross the fields & woods I run, like a bullet from a rabbit gun, \r\n\r\nBack home to my bed.\r\n\r\nMa came back from Gettysburg, her and that new beau of hers,\r\n\r\nBoy you look like hell, was all she said.\r\n\r\nA month went by without a word, till someone down in the hollow heard,\r\n\r\nAbout that boy they hung.\r\n\r\nHe begged those men to spare his life, but I dropped my bloody Randall knife,\r\n\r\nHe picked it up, so they thought he was the one.\r\n\r\nRepeat chorus twice, second time insert last line, \"I ain't going back there anymore.\"","plain_text":"Am      C       G       Am      C   G     Am      Em    G\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nMa went off to Gettysburg, her and that new beau of hers, I snuck off after dark.\n\nIt's a long way down the Canny Road, the stars were bright & the moon was low,\n\nDown where the blacktop highway starts.\n\nChorus:\n\nI went down to Taneytown, I went down to Taneytown,\n\nI went down to see what I could see.\n\nNow everybody stared at me, you'd think that they ain't never seen,\n\nA colored boy before.\n\nWell, they jumped at me and they called me names, \n\nthey'd a whupped me sure, but the sheriff came,\n\nI slipped off and ran through the drygoods store.\n\nI ran down Division Street, but some of them boys followed me,\n\nDown to the railroad track.\n\nThere was four of them & I came five, but I got my old Randall knife,\n\nI cut that boy & I never did look back.\n\nChorus\n\nAcross the fields & woods I run, like a bullet from a rabbit gun, \n\nBack home to my bed.\n\nMa came back from Gettysburg, her and that new beau of hers,\n\nBoy you look like hell, was all she said.\n\nA month went by without a word, till someone down in the hollow heard,\n\nAbout that boy they hung.\n\nHe begged those men to spare his life, but I dropped my bloody Randall knife,\n\nHe picked it up, so they thought he was the one.\n\nRepeat chorus twice, second time insert last line, \"I ain't going back there anymore.\"","chords":["Am","C","G","Em","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"C":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,3,2,0,1,0],"frets":[0,3,2,0,1,0]},"Em":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,0,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,0,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}