Chris Knight - William guitar chord

William

By Chris Knight

Capo 3

G Cadd9 D G

G D

Well I remember William

Cadd9 G

We weren't much more than kids

Cadd9 G

His family lived in a run down shack

D Cadd9

Like the rest of the white trash did

G D

Now me and ole William

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We used to smoke out behind the barn

Cadd9 G

Til his daddy caught him stealing cigarettes

D G

I still think he broke William's arm

When I was drinkin my first beer

Ole William was getting high

He got kicked out of school for fightin and drugs

And he stayed out late at night

He never said too much about home

Or the bruises on his back

I asked him about ‘em one time

But he never answered back

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C

Yeah William

D G

You grew up hard and mean

C G

You weren't the apple of your mama's eye

D G

And your daddy was a burned out fiend

G D

For what it's worth now William

C G

I know you could've had a heart of gold

C G

But I don't think you ever knew that you had one

D G C D G

I don't think you were ever told

He spent a year in reform school

Cause he broke in a hardware store

Now me and William lost track of each other

I never saw him much anymore

The last time I seen William

He was married and had two kids

He tried to raise em like he was supposed to

But sometimes he raised em like his daddy did

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Well just last Sunday mornin

Momma called me on the phone

Said there's a story in the paper about William

She just thought I might like to know

He got shot by a city cop

While he was robbin a local drugstore

He was survived by two hungry kids, a wife

and a pool of blood on the floor

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