Capo 3rd

G (320003@1)name="chord_x32010@1">C D (xx0232@1)name="chord_320003@1">G 
 
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