BLACK COWBOYS
[(G)]Rainey Williams playground was the Mott Haven streets
Where he ran[(C)] past melted candles and [(G)]flower wreaths
[(C)]Names and photos of young black [(G)]faces
Whose death and [(D)]blood consecrated these p[(G)]laces
Raineys [(G)]mother said Rainey stay at my side
For you a[(C)]re my blessing, you are my[(G)] pride
Its your[(C)] love here that keeps my soul [(G)]alive
I want you to[(D)] come home from school and stay i[(G)]nside
Rainey'd do his [(G)]work and put his books away
There was a channe[(C)]l showed a Western movie every[(G)]day
Lynette brought him [(C)]home books on the black cowboys of the Ok[(G)]lahoma range
The Seminole[(D)] scouts that fought the tribes of the[(G)] Great Plains
[(C)]Summer come and the [(G)]days grew long
[(C)]Rainey always had his mother's [(G)]smile to depend on
[(C)]Along the street of stray[(G)] bullets he made his way
[(C)]To the warmth of her a[(G)]rms at the end of each[(C)] day[(G)]
[(G)]Come the fall, the rain flooded these homes
Here in[(C)] Ezekiel's valley of dr[(G)]y bones
It[(C)] fell hard and dark to the grou[(G)]nd
[(D)]It fell without a sou[(G)]nd
[(G)]Lynette took up with a man whose business was the boulevard
Whose[(C)] smile was fixed in a face that was never off g[(G)]uard
In the[(C)] pipes 'neath the kitchen sink his se[(G)]crets he kept
In the[(D)] day, behind drawn curtains in Lynette's bedr[(G)]oom he slept
[(C)]Then she got lost in the[(G)] days
T[(C)]he smile Raney depended [(G)]on dusted away
[(C)]The arms that held him were n[(G)]o more his home
[(D)]He lay at night his head pressed to her che[(G)]st listening to the gh[(C)]ost in her
bo[(G)]nes
[(G)]In the kitchen Rainey slipped his hand between the pipes
[(C)]
and stu[(G)]ck it in his coat side
[(C)]Stood in the dark at his m[(G)]other's bed
Brushed h[(D)]er hair and kissed her e[(G)]yes
[(G)]In the twilight Rainey walked to the station on streets of stone
Through Pennsy[(C)]lvania and Ohio his train d[(G)]rifted on
Through th[(C)]e small towns of Indiana the big [(G)]train crept
As he l[(D)]ay his head back on the seat and sle[(G)]pt
He awoke and the [(G)]towns gave way to muddy fields of green
Corn and c[(C)]otton and endless nothin' in bet[(G)]ween
Over the rutted[(C)] hills of Oklahoma the red sun s[(G)]lipped and was gone
The moon [(D)]rose and stripped the earth to its b[(G)]one
Well thats the song the way i play it.
im pretty sure its right, If you read this tab i'd really
[(G)]Rainey Williams playground was the Mott Haven streets
Where he ran[(C)] past melted candles and [(G)]flower wreaths
[(C)]Names and photos of young black [(G)]faces
Whose death and [(D)]blood consecrated these p[(G)]laces
Raineys [(G)]mother said Rainey stay at my side
For you a[(C)]re my blessing, you are my[(G)] pride
Its your[(C)] love here that keeps my soul [(G)]alive
I want you to[(D)] come home from school and stay i[(G)]nside
Rainey'd do his [(G)]work and put his books away
There was a channe[(C)]l showed a Western movie every[(G)]day
Lynette brought him [(C)]home books on the black cowboys of the Ok[(G)]lahoma range
The Seminole[(D)] scouts that fought the tribes of the[(G)] Great Plains
[(C)]Summer come and the [(G)]days grew long
[(C)]Rainey always had his mother's [(G)]smile to depend on
[(C)]Along the street of stray[(G)] bullets he made his way
[(C)]To the warmth of her a[(G)]rms at the end of each[(C)] day[(G)]
[(G)]Come the fall, the rain flooded these homes
Here in[(C)] Ezekiel's valley of dr[(G)]y bones
It[(C)] fell hard and dark to the grou[(G)]nd
[(D)]It fell without a sou[(G)]nd
[(G)]Lynette took up with a man whose business was the boulevard
Whose[(C)] smile was fixed in a face that was never off g[(G)]uard
In the[(C)] pipes 'neath the kitchen sink his se[(G)]crets he kept
In the[(D)] day, behind drawn curtains in Lynette's bedr[(G)]oom he slept
[(C)]Then she got lost in the[(G)] days
T[(C)]he smile Raney depended [(G)]on dusted away
[(C)]The arms that held him were n[(G)]o more his home
[(D)]He lay at night his head pressed to her che[(G)]st listening to the gh[(C)]ost in her
bo[(G)]nes
[(G)]In the kitchen Rainey slipped his hand between the pipes
[(C)]
and stu[(G)]ck it in his coat side
[(C)]Stood in the dark at his m[(G)]other's bed
Brushed h[(D)]er hair and kissed her e[(G)]yes
[(G)]In the twilight Rainey walked to the station on streets of stone
Through Pennsy[(C)]lvania and Ohio his train d[(G)]rifted on
Through th[(C)]e small towns of Indiana the big [(G)]train crept
As he l[(D)]ay his head back on the seat and sle[(G)]pt
He awoke and the [(G)]towns gave way to muddy fields of green
Corn and c[(C)]otton and endless nothin' in bet[(G)]ween
Over the rutted[(C)] hills of Oklahoma the red sun s[(G)]lipped and was gone
The moon [(D)]rose and stripped the earth to its b[(G)]one
Well thats the song the way i play it.
im pretty sure its right, If you read this tab i'd really
