From: rickl1@ix.netcom.com (Rick) Subject: CRD:Taneytown Steve Earle E.H. viocals Chords/Lyrics Date: 13 Jul 1999 00:00:00 GMT 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 C Now everybody stared at me G Am You'd think that they ain't never seen C G Am Em A colored boy before Am C Well they jumped at me and they called me names G Am And they whoopped me sure but the sheriff came C G Am Em I slipped off ran through the dry goods store Am C Now I ran down Division Street G Am And some of them boys followed me C G Am Em Down to the railroad track Am C Well there was four of them and I can't fight G Am But I got my old Randall knife C G Am Em I cut that boy and I never did look back 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 C Across the fields and woods I run G G Like a bullet from a rabbit gun C G Am Em Back home to my bed Am C Now Ma come in from Gettysburg G Am Her and that new beau of hers C G Am Em Boy you look like hell is all she said Am C A month went by without a word G Am Somebody down the holler heard C G Am Em Bout that boy they hung Am C He begged those men to spare his life G Am But I dropped my bloody Randall knife C G Am Em He picked it up so they thought he was the one Am C I went down to Taneytown G Am I went down to Taneytown C G Am I ain't going back there anymore From Steve Earle "El Corazon" South Nasville Music/WB Music Corp E Squared Records 1998