Capo 3rd GC DG G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) Well I remember William C (x32010@1) GWe (320003@1)weren't much more than kids C (x32010@1) GHis (320003@1)family lived in a run down shack D (xx0232@1) CLike (x32010@1)the rest of the white trash did G (320003@1) DNow (xx0232@1)me and ole William C (x32010@1) G (320003@1)We used to smoke out behind the barn C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) Til his daddy caught him stealing cigarettes D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) I still think he broke William's arm G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) When I was drinkin my first beer C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) Ole William was getting high C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) He got kicked out of school for fightin and drugs D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) And he stayed out late at night G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) He never said too much about home C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) Or the bruises on his back C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) I asked him about em one time D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) But he never answered back Chorus: C (x32010@1) Yeah William D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) You grew up hard and mean C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) You weren't the apple of your mama's eye D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) And your daddy was a burned out fiend G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) For what it's worth now William C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) I know you could've had a heart of gold C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) But I don't think you ever knew that you had one D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) I don't think you were ever told G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) He spent a year in reform school C (x32010@1) Ab (xx1114@1)Cause he broke in a hardware store C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) Now me and William lost track of each other D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) I never saw him much anymore G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) The last time I seen William C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) He was married and had two kids C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) He tried to raise em like he was supposed to D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) But sometimes he raised em like his daddy did C (x32010@1) Yeah William D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) You grew up hard and mean C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) You weren't the apple of your mama's eye D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) And your daddy was a burned out fiend G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) For what it's worth now William C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) I know you could've had a heart of gold C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) But I don't think you ever knew that you had one D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) I don't think you were ever told G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) Well just last Sunday mornin C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) Momma called me on the phone C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) Said there's a story in the paper about William D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) She just thought I might like to know G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) He got shot by a city cop C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) While he was robbin a local drugstore C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) He was survived by two hungry kids, a wife D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) and a pool of blood on the floor C (x32010@1) Yeah William D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) You grew up hard and mean C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) You weren't the apple of your mama's eye D (xx0232@1) C (x32010@1) And your daddy was a burned out fiend G (320003@1) D (xx0232@1) For what it's worth now William C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) I know you could've had a heart of gold C (x32010@1) G (320003@1) But I don't think you ever knew that you had one D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) C (x32010@1) D (xx0232@1) G (320003@1) I don't think you were ever told