The Kid

Am_____________________G

Your mother died night you were born

G___Am_____________C

Her name you never knew

C____Am_________G_______________F

Look away, look away nothing to lose



Am_____________G

Left East Tennessee at fourteen

Am______________C

Wandered to the West

C____Am_________G_____________F

Look away,look away born into death







G______________F________________Am

You fought the sailors in New Orleans

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You worked the flatboats and walked the streets

G________F__________Am

Hit Nacogdoches in 49

G_____________________F____________________Am

And there you saw the devil the very first time







F_____________C

Kid don’t you know me?

F______________________C

We are the last of the true

C_________G_____F

Drink up! Drink up!

C_________G_____F

Drink up! Drink up!

Am_________________F________G_________Am

Cause tonight your souls required of you



Am_____________________G

Signed on with a stone mad captain

Am_____________C

Rode on Mexico

Am_________G_____________F

Look away, look away war behold





Am_____________________G

Jailed with killers one and all

Am_____________C

But we were killers free

Am_________G_____________F

Look away, look away, look to me



G______________F________________Am

You saw the lancers mid heathen hordes

G______________F________________________Am

Bloodstained veils and costumes of war

G________F__________Am

Hell ain’t half full boy hear me

G_____________________F____________________Am

War is the game and the god we seek



Am_____________________G

We set out as men of reason

Am_____________C

Armed with Navy Colts

Am_________G_____________F

Look away,look away, work paid in gold



Am_____________________G

But you stood witness to yourself

Am_____________C

Our trial you did betray

Am_________G_____________F

Look away,look away to judgment day



G______________F________________Am

We killed in the desert we killed in the streets

G______________F________________________Am

We chose what shall and shall not be

G________F__________Am

We stood with pistols,fought back to back

G_____________________F____________________Am

Now youve stood your ground but what ground is that?





F_____________C

Kid don’t you know me?

F______________________C

We are the last of the true

C_________G_____F

Drink up! Drink up!

C_________G_____F

Drink up! Drink up!

Am_________________F________G_________Am

Cause tonight your souls required of you