INTRO:^{Am C G Am C G Am Em Am}I went down to ^CTaneytown ^GI went down to ^AmTaneytown ^CTo see what I could ^Gsee ^{Am Em Am}My mama told me ^Cnever go I'm ^Gdamn near ^Am22 years old ^CSometimes I feel this ^Gholler swallow ^Amme ^{Em7 Am}She ran off to ^CGettysburg ^GWent off with that new ^Ambeau of hers I ^Csnuck off after ^Gdark ^{Am Em} It's a ^Amlong way down the ^Ccounty road The ^Gstars were bright and the ^Ammoon was low ^CDown to where the ^Gblack top highway ^Amstarts ^{Em Am}I went down to ^CTaneytown ^GI went down to ^AmTaneytown ^CI went down to ^Gsee what I could ^Amsee ^{Em Am}Now everybody ^Cstared at me ^GYou'd think that they ain't ^Amnever seen ^CA colored boy ^Gbefore ^{Am Em Am}Well they jumped at me and they ^Ccalled me names And they ^Gwhoopped me sure but the ^Amsheriff came ^CI slipped off ^Gran through the dry goods ^Amstore ^{Em Am}Now I ran down ^CDivision Street ^GAnd some of them boys ^Amfollowed me ^CDown to the railroad ^Gtrack ^{Am Em Am}Well there was four of them and ^CI can't fight ^GBut I got my old ^AmRandall knife ^CI cut that boy and ^GI never did look ^Amback ^{Em Am}I went down to ^CTaneytown ^GI went down to ^AmTaneytown ^CI went down to ^Gsee what I could ^Amsee ^{Em Am}Across the fields and ^Cwoods I run Like a ^Gbullet from a rabbit gun ^CBack home to my ^Gbed ^{Am Em Am}Now Ma come in from ^CGettysburg ^GHer and that new be^Amau of hers ^CBoy you look like ^Ghell is all she ^Amsaid ^Em A ^Ammonth went by wi^Cthout a word ^GSomebody down the ho^Amller heard ^C`Bout that boy they ^Ghung ^{Am Em Am}He begged those men to ^Cspare his life But I ^Gdropped my bloody R^Amandall knife ^CHe picked it up so they th^Gought he was the o^Amne ^{Em Am}I went down to ^CTaneytown ^GI went down to ^AmTaneytown ^CI ain't going ^Gback there any^Ammore