Chords for Steve Earle Performing "Taneytown"
Tempo:
82.2 bpm
Chords used:
A
C
G
Am
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[Ebm] [Eb]
[Am]
[D] [G] [Am]
[A] [G] [Bm]
[A] [G] [Am]
[Em]
[Am] [C] [G] [Am]
[C] [G] [Am] [Em]
[A] I went [C] down to Tinneytown, [G] I went down [A] to [C] Tinneytown,
Well I could [G] see my [A]
[Em] [A] mama told [C] me never go,
I'm damn [D] near [A] 22 years old, [C] sometimes I feel [Gm] as hot as swallowing,
[A]
She ain't [C] enough to [G] get this burning off of that [A] new boat [C] husk,
I took off after [G] dark, [A]
[Em] [A] all the way [C] down to Kenny [G] Roof,
The night was black, [A] the moon was low, [C] I found her [G] where the blacktop [A] highway starts,
[Am] [Gm] [A] I went [C] down [G] to Tinneytown, I went down [A] to [C] Tinneytown,
I went down [G] to see what [D] I could [A] see, [Am] [D] [G]
[A] [C] [G] [A]
[Em] [A] now [C] everybody stared at me,
[G] You'd think a thing [A] never seen [C] a colored [G] boy before,
[A]
[Em] [A] Something [C] mean called my [Gm] name, Bill Whipman, [Am] Shaw, but the chef [C] came,
I took [G] out and ran through the [A] drag to the store,
[Am] I ran [C] down to Disney [G] Street, some of [A] them boys followed [C] me down through the [G] railroad track,
[A]
[Em] [A] The boys [C] never knocked me [Am] back, I got my old round little [C] knife,
I knocked that [G] boy and I never did [Am] look back,
[Gm] [Am] I ran down to [G] Tinneytown, I went [A] down to [C] Tinneytown,
I went [G] down to see what [A] I could see, [Em] [D] [Gm] [D]
[G] [D] [Em] [Dm]
[G] [A] [C] across [G]
[Am] [C] [G] [Am]
[Em] [A] the woods [C] and fields I [B] heard like a bullet from [A] a rabbit gun,
[C] Back home to [G] my bed, [Am]
[Em] [A] my [C] gunman can get his [Gm] butt,
[A] And that new boat husk, [C] boy you look [G] like hell's off, she [A] said,
I went [C] north to buy a lot of wood, [G] somebody down [A] to Holla Hood,
[C] Got that boy that [G] hung, [A]
[Em] [A] back home to [C] Mandel's Ferris Lobby,
I [Gm] dropped my bloody rams [C] and I picked it up, they [G] thought it was a [A] woman,
[Am]
[Dm] [A] I [C] went down to Tinneytown, [G] I went down [Am] to Tinneytown,
[C] I ain't [Gm] going back here [A]
[Am]
[D] [G] [Am]
[A] [G] [Bm]
[A] [G] [Am]
[Em]
[Am] [C] [G] [Am]
[C] [G] [Am] [Em]
[A] I went [C] down to Tinneytown, [G] I went down [A] to [C] Tinneytown,
Well I could [G] see my [A]
[Em] [A] mama told [C] me never go,
I'm damn [D] near [A] 22 years old, [C] sometimes I feel [Gm] as hot as swallowing,
[A]
She ain't [C] enough to [G] get this burning off of that [A] new boat [C] husk,
I took off after [G] dark, [A]
[Em] [A] all the way [C] down to Kenny [G] Roof,
The night was black, [A] the moon was low, [C] I found her [G] where the blacktop [A] highway starts,
[Am] [Gm] [A] I went [C] down [G] to Tinneytown, I went down [A] to [C] Tinneytown,
I went down [G] to see what [D] I could [A] see, [Am] [D] [G]
[A] [C] [G] [A]
[Em] [A] now [C] everybody stared at me,
[G] You'd think a thing [A] never seen [C] a colored [G] boy before,
[A]
[Em] [A] Something [C] mean called my [Gm] name, Bill Whipman, [Am] Shaw, but the chef [C] came,
I took [G] out and ran through the [A] drag to the store,
[Am] I ran [C] down to Disney [G] Street, some of [A] them boys followed [C] me down through the [G] railroad track,
[A]
[Em] [A] The boys [C] never knocked me [Am] back, I got my old round little [C] knife,
I knocked that [G] boy and I never did [Am] look back,
[Gm] [Am] I ran down to [G] Tinneytown, I went [A] down to [C] Tinneytown,
I went [G] down to see what [A] I could see, [Em] [D] [Gm] [D]
[G] [D] [Em] [Dm]
[G] [A] [C] across [G]
[Am] [C] [G] [Am]
[Em] [A] the woods [C] and fields I [B] heard like a bullet from [A] a rabbit gun,
[C] Back home to [G] my bed, [Am]
[Em] [A] my [C] gunman can get his [Gm] butt,
[A] And that new boat husk, [C] boy you look [G] like hell's off, she [A] said,
I went [C] north to buy a lot of wood, [G] somebody down [A] to Holla Hood,
[C] Got that boy that [G] hung, [A]
[Em] [A] back home to [C] Mandel's Ferris Lobby,
I [Gm] dropped my bloody rams [C] and I picked it up, they [G] thought it was a [A] woman,
[Am]
[Dm] [A] I [C] went down to Tinneytown, [G] I went down [Am] to Tinneytown,
[C] I ain't [Gm] going back here [A]
Key:
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_ [D] _ [G] _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ [G] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
[A] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [Am] _
_ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Am] _ [Em] _
_ [A] I went [C] down to Tinneytown, [G] I went down [A] to [C] Tinneytown,
Well I could [G] see my [A] _ _
[Em] _ _ [A] mama told [C] me never go,
I'm damn [D] near [A] 22 years old, [C] sometimes I feel [Gm] as hot as swallowing,
[A] _ _
_ _ She ain't [C] enough to [G] get this burning off of that [A] new boat [C] husk,
I took off after [G] dark, _ [A] _ _
[Em] _ [A] all the way [C] down to Kenny [G] Roof,
The night was black, [A] the moon was low, [C] I found her [G] where the blacktop [A] highway starts,
_ [Am] _ [Gm] [A] I went [C] down [G] to Tinneytown, I went down [A] to [C] Tinneytown,
I went down [G] to see what [D] I could [A] see, _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _
[A] _ _ _ [C] _ [G] _ _ [A] _ _
[Em] _ [A] now [C] everybody stared at me,
[G] You'd think a thing [A] never seen [C] a colored [G] boy before,
[A] _ _
[Em] _ _ [A] Something [C] mean called my [Gm] name, Bill Whipman, [Am] Shaw, but the chef [C] came,
I took [G] out and ran through the [A] drag to the store,
_ _ [Am] I ran [C] down to Disney [G] Street, some of [A] them boys followed [C] me down through the [G] railroad track,
[A] _ _
[Em] _ _ [A] The boys [C] never knocked me [Am] back, I got my old round little [C] knife,
I knocked that [G] boy and I never did [Am] look back,
_ _ [Gm] [Am] I ran down to [G] Tinneytown, I went [A] down to [C] Tinneytown,
I went [G] down to see what [A] I could see, _ _ [Em] _ [D] _ _ [Gm] _ [D] _ _
_ _ [G] _ [D] _ _ [Em] _ _ [Dm] _
[G] _ _ [A] _ _ [C] across [G] _ _
[Am] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [Am] _ _
[Em] _ _ [A] the woods [C] and fields I [B] heard like a bullet from [A] a rabbit gun,
[C] Back home to [G] my bed, [Am] _ _
[Em] _ [A] my [C] gunman can get his [Gm] butt,
[A] And that new boat husk, [C] boy you look [G] like hell's off, she [A] said, _
_ I went [C] north to buy a lot of wood, [G] somebody down [A] to Holla Hood,
[C] Got that boy that [G] hung, _ [A] _ _
[Em] _ [A] back home to [C] Mandel's Ferris Lobby,
I [Gm] dropped my bloody rams [C] and I picked it up, they [G] thought it was a [A] woman,
[Am] _
_ [Dm] [A] I [C] went down to Tinneytown, [G] I went down [Am] to Tinneytown,
[C] I ain't [Gm] going back here _ [A]
[Am] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [D] _ [G] _ [Am] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ [G] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _
[A] _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ [Am] _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Am] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [Am] _
_ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [Am] _ [Em] _
_ [A] I went [C] down to Tinneytown, [G] I went down [A] to [C] Tinneytown,
Well I could [G] see my [A] _ _
[Em] _ _ [A] mama told [C] me never go,
I'm damn [D] near [A] 22 years old, [C] sometimes I feel [Gm] as hot as swallowing,
[A] _ _
_ _ She ain't [C] enough to [G] get this burning off of that [A] new boat [C] husk,
I took off after [G] dark, _ [A] _ _
[Em] _ [A] all the way [C] down to Kenny [G] Roof,
The night was black, [A] the moon was low, [C] I found her [G] where the blacktop [A] highway starts,
_ [Am] _ [Gm] [A] I went [C] down [G] to Tinneytown, I went down [A] to [C] Tinneytown,
I went down [G] to see what [D] I could [A] see, _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _
[A] _ _ _ [C] _ [G] _ _ [A] _ _
[Em] _ [A] now [C] everybody stared at me,
[G] You'd think a thing [A] never seen [C] a colored [G] boy before,
[A] _ _
[Em] _ _ [A] Something [C] mean called my [Gm] name, Bill Whipman, [Am] Shaw, but the chef [C] came,
I took [G] out and ran through the [A] drag to the store,
_ _ [Am] I ran [C] down to Disney [G] Street, some of [A] them boys followed [C] me down through the [G] railroad track,
[A] _ _
[Em] _ _ [A] The boys [C] never knocked me [Am] back, I got my old round little [C] knife,
I knocked that [G] boy and I never did [Am] look back,
_ _ [Gm] [Am] I ran down to [G] Tinneytown, I went [A] down to [C] Tinneytown,
I went [G] down to see what [A] I could see, _ _ [Em] _ [D] _ _ [Gm] _ [D] _ _
_ _ [G] _ [D] _ _ [Em] _ _ [Dm] _
[G] _ _ [A] _ _ [C] across [G] _ _
[Am] _ _ [C] _ _ [G] _ _ [Am] _ _
[Em] _ _ [A] the woods [C] and fields I [B] heard like a bullet from [A] a rabbit gun,
[C] Back home to [G] my bed, [Am] _ _
[Em] _ [A] my [C] gunman can get his [Gm] butt,
[A] And that new boat husk, [C] boy you look [G] like hell's off, she [A] said, _
_ I went [C] north to buy a lot of wood, [G] somebody down [A] to Holla Hood,
[C] Got that boy that [G] hung, _ [A] _ _
[Em] _ [A] back home to [C] Mandel's Ferris Lobby,
I [Gm] dropped my bloody rams [C] and I picked it up, they [G] thought it was a [A] woman,
[Am] _
_ [Dm] [A] I [C] went down to Tinneytown, [G] I went down [Am] to Tinneytown,
[C] I ain't [Gm] going back here _ [A]