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I went down to Taneytown
G              Am
I went down to Taneytown
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To see what I could see 
Am              C
My mama told me never go
    G         Am
I'm damn near 22 years old
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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
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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 

Am            C
Now everybody stared at me
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You'd think that they ain't never seen
C             G      Am Em
A colored boy before 
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Well they jumped at me and they called me names
         G                        Am
And they whoopped me sure but the sheriff came
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I slipped off   ran through the dry goods store 
Am             C
Now I ran down Division Street
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And some of them boys followed me
C                    G     Am Em
Down to the railroad track 
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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 

Am                    C
Across the fields and woods I run
       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