Bb5 Eb5 F5 Bb5 Bb5 F5 Well I remember William Eb5 Bb5 We weren't much more than kids Eb5 Bb5 His family lived in a run down shack F5 Eb5 Like the rest of the white trash did Bb5 F5 Now me and ole William Eb5 Bb5 We used to smoke out behind the barn Eb5 Bb5 Til his daddy caught him stealing cigarettes F5 Bb5 I still think he broke William's arm Bb5 F5 When I was drinkin my first beer Eb5 Bb5 Ole William was getting high Eb5 Bb5 He got kicked out of school for fightin and drugs F5 Eb5 And he stayed out late at night Bb5 F5 He never said too much about home Eb5 Bb5 Or the bruises on his back Eb5 Bb5 I asked him about em one time F5 Eb5 But he never answered back Chorus: Eb5 Yeah William F5 Bb5 You grew up hard and mean Eb5 Bb5 You weren't the apple of your mama's eye F5 Eb5 And your daddy was a burned out fiend Bb5 F5 For what it's worth now William Eb5 Bb5 I know you could've had a heart of gold Eb5 Bb5 But I don't think you ever knew that you had one F5 Bb5 Eb5 F5 Bb5 I don't think you were ever told Bb5 F5 He spent a year in reform school Eb5 Bb5 Cause he broke in a hardware store Eb5 Bb5 Now me and William lost track of each other F5 Eb5 I never saw him much anymore Bb5 F5 The last time I seen William Eb5 Bb5 He was married and had two kids Eb5 Bb5 He tried to raise em like he was supposed to F5 Eb5 But sometimes he raised em like his daddy did (Chorus) Bb5 F5 Well just last Sunday mornin Eb5 Bb5 Momma called me on the phone Eb5 Bb5 Said there's a story in the paper about William F5 Eb5 She just thought I might like to know Bb5 F5 He got shot by a city cop Eb5 Bb5 While he was robbin a local drugstore Eb5 Bb5 He was survived by two hungry kids, a wife F5 Eb5 and a pool of blood on the floor (Chorus)
