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Intro
|Am C |G Am |C G |Am Em G
Verse 1
I went down to Taneytown, I went down to Taneytown
To see what I could see
Verse 2
My mama told me never go, I'm damned near twenty-two years old
Some times I feel this hollow swallowing me
Verse 3
She ran off to Gettysburg, went off with that new beau of hers
I snuck off after dark
Verse 4
It's a long way down the County Road, the stars were bright and the moon was low
Down where the blacktop highway starts.
Chorus
I went down to Taneytown, I went down to Taneytown
I went down to see what I could see.
Interlude
|Am C |G Am |C G |Am Em G
Verse 5
Now everybody stared at me, you'd think that they ain't never seen,
A colored boy before.
Verse 6
Well, they jumped at me and they called me names they'd a whupped me sure but the sheriff came
I slipped off and ran through the drygoods store
Verse 7
I ran down Division Street, but some of them boys followed me,
Down to the railroad track.
Verse 8
There was more of them than I can fight, but I got my old Randall knife,
I cut that boy & I never did look back.
Chorus
I went down to Taneytown, I went down to Taneytown
I went down to see what I could see.
Solo
|Am C |G Am |C G |Am Em G
|Am C |G Am |C G |Am
|D |D |D |D
|Am C |G Am |C G |Am Em G
Verse 9
Am C |G Am
Across the fields & woods I run, like a bullet from a rabbit gun,
Back home to my bed.
Verse 10
Ma came back from Gettysburg, her and that new beau of hers,
Boy you look like hell, was all she said.
Verse 11
A month went by without a word, till somebody down in the hollow heard,
About that boy they hung.
Verse 12
He begged those men to spare his life, but I dropped my bloody Randall knife,
He picked it up, so they thought he was the one.
Chorus
I went down to Taneytown, I went down to Taneytown
I ain't going back there anymore.
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