CAPO: 4th Fret
INTRO: C G Am
My name[C] is William [G]Taylor [Am]
And I was [C]born in '2[G]4
Too [Am]late to know the [C]Great [G]Fallen [Am]
In [C]time to know the Great [G]Fall
When my [F]father [C]died of [G]money [Am]
My [F]mother lived in [C]spite [G]
We [F]laughed when nothing was [C]funny [G][Am]
And how we wept when [C]nothing was left [G]
So I [Am]left her the[C]re in boom[G]town [Am]
When I [C]reached fifteen years [G]
And I [Am]travelled m[C]ostly north[G]east [Am]
With my [C]head held mostly down [G]
'Cause they [F]said there was [C]more in [G]Baltimore [Am]
Where those [F]shipyards [C]never close [G]
You can [F]sell the m[C]an your la[G]bour [Am]
And [C]send the money [G]home [Am]
Broadway [C]found me [G]penniless [Am]
And the [C]mission found me last [G]
They [Am]gave me a [C]coat and [G]three days [Am]rest
And when [C]I awoke and left [G]
A [F]shroud of steam[C] sur[G]rounded me [Am]
And [F]I was borne a[C]way [G]
And I [F]found myself[C] at [G]Sparrows Po[Am]int
With a slingshot i[C]n my h[G]and[Am]
Standing [C]there a[G]round me [Am]
Two thousand [C]idle [G]hands
Their [Am]heads bowed low[C], their [G]hopes not high[Am]
Their [C]hearts weaned of their h[G]omes
And their [F]pockets full[C] of photo[G]graphs [Am]
Their [F]eyes full of[C] goodbyes[G]
I [F]took my place[C] among [G]my kind [Am]
And I held my place[C] in lin[G]e [Am]
INSTRUMENTAL: Am C G Am C G (2x)
[F] [C] [G] [Am] [F] [C] [G] [F][C][G][Am][C][G]
Now I'm [Am]twenty-one[C] and [G]well-employed [Am]
And I send [C]home most of my [G]pay
Which leaves[Am] plenty left[C] for ciga[G]rettes [Am]
To help [C]me pass the days [G]
With be[F]loved friends[C] sur[G]rounding me[Am]
The cold [F]streets so far[C] away [G]
[F]Three days [C]west of [G]Norman[Am]dy
A rifle in[C] my hand [G]
INTRO: C G Am
My name[C] is William [G]Taylor [Am]
And I was [C]born in '2[G]4
Too [Am]late to know the [C]Great [G]Fallen [Am]
In [C]time to know the Great [G]Fall
When my [F]father [C]died of [G]money [Am]
My [F]mother lived in [C]spite [G]
We [F]laughed when nothing was [C]funny [G][Am]
And how we wept when [C]nothing was left [G]
So I [Am]left her the[C]re in boom[G]town [Am]
When I [C]reached fifteen years [G]
And I [Am]travelled m[C]ostly north[G]east [Am]
With my [C]head held mostly down [G]
'Cause they [F]said there was [C]more in [G]Baltimore [Am]
Where those [F]shipyards [C]never close [G]
You can [F]sell the m[C]an your la[G]bour [Am]
And [C]send the money [G]home [Am]
Broadway [C]found me [G]penniless [Am]
And the [C]mission found me last [G]
They [Am]gave me a [C]coat and [G]three days [Am]rest
And when [C]I awoke and left [G]
A [F]shroud of steam[C] sur[G]rounded me [Am]
And [F]I was borne a[C]way [G]
And I [F]found myself[C] at [G]Sparrows Po[Am]int
With a slingshot i[C]n my h[G]and[Am]
Standing [C]there a[G]round me [Am]
Two thousand [C]idle [G]hands
Their [Am]heads bowed low[C], their [G]hopes not high[Am]
Their [C]hearts weaned of their h[G]omes
And their [F]pockets full[C] of photo[G]graphs [Am]
Their [F]eyes full of[C] goodbyes[G]
I [F]took my place[C] among [G]my kind [Am]
And I held my place[C] in lin[G]e [Am]
INSTRUMENTAL: Am C G Am C G (2x)
[F] [C] [G] [Am] [F] [C] [G] [F][C][G][Am][C][G]
Now I'm [Am]twenty-one[C] and [G]well-employed [Am]
And I send [C]home most of my [G]pay
Which leaves[Am] plenty left[C] for ciga[G]rettes [Am]
To help [C]me pass the days [G]
With be[F]loved friends[C] sur[G]rounding me[Am]
The cold [F]streets so far[C] away [G]
[F]Three days [C]west of [G]Norman[Am]dy
A rifle in[C] my hand [G]
