C#5 E5 B5 C#5 C#5 E5 B5 C#5 My name is William Taylor C#5 E5 B5 C#5 E5 B5 C#5 I was born in twenty four Too late to know the great fallen C#5 E5 B5 But in time to know the great fall B5 A5 E5 B5 C#5 When my father died of money C#5 A5 E5 B5 My mother lived in spite B5 A5 E5 B5 C#5 We laughed when nothing was funny C#5 E5 B5 But how we wept when nothing was left B5 C#5 E5 B5 C#5 So I left her there in boom town C#5 E5 B5 When I reached fifteen years B5 C#5 E5 B5 C#5 And I travelled mostly northeast C#5 E5 B5 With my head held mostly down B5 A5 E5 B5 C#5 Cause they said there was more in Baltimore C#5 A5 E5 B5 Where those shipyards never close B5 A5 E5 B5 C#5 You can sell the man your labor C#5 E5 B5 C#5 E5 B5 C#5 Send the money home Broadway found me pennyless C#5 E5 B5 And the mission found me last B5 C#5 E5 B5 C#5 They gave me a coat and three days rest C#5 E5 B5 A5 E5 B5 C#5 And when I awoke and left a shroud of steam surrounded me C#5 A5 E5 B5 And I was born away A5 E5 B5 C#5 I found myself at Sparrows Point C#5 E5 B5 With a sling-shot in my hand B5 C#5 E5 B5 C#5 E5 B5 And standing there around me Two thousand idle hands B5 C#5 E5 With their heads bowed low B5 C#5 Their hopes not high C#5 E5 B5 Their hearts weaned of their homes B5 A5 E5 B5 C#5 And their pockets full of photographs C#5 A5 E5 B5 And their eyes full of goodbyes B5 A5 E5 B5 C#5 I took my place among my kind C#5 E5 B5 And I held my place in line B5 C#5 E5 B5 C#5 Now I'm twenty one and well employed C#5 E5 B5 And I send home most my pay B5 C#5 E5 B5 C#5 Which leaves plenty left for cigarettes C#5 E5 B5 To help me pass the days B5 A5 E5 B5 C#5 With beloved friends surrounding me C#5 A5 E5 B5 The cold street so far away A5 E5 B5 C#5 Three days west of Normandy C#5 E5 B5 With a rifle in my hand
