Earle Steve - Taneytown guitar tab

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