The Kid

Am G Your mother died night you were born G Am C Her name you never knew C Am G F Look away, look away nothing to lose Am G Left East Tennessee at fourteen Am C Wandered to the West C Am G F Look away,look away born into death G F Am You fought the sailors in New Orleans G F Am You worked the flatboats and walked the streets G F Am Hit Nacogdoches in 49 G F Am And there you saw the devil the very first time F C Kid don't you know me? F C We are the last of the true C G F Drink up! Drink up! C G F Drink up! Drink up! Am F G Am Cause tonight your souls required of you Am G Signed on with a stone mad captain Am C Rode on Mexico Am G F Look away, look away war behold Am G Jailed with killers one and all Am C But we were killers free Am G F Look away, look away, look to me G F Am You saw the lancers mid heathen hordes G F Am Bloodstained veils and costumes of war G F Am Hell ain't half full boy hear me G F Am War is the game and the god we seek Am G We set out as men of reason Am C Armed with Navy Colts Am G F Look away,look away, work paid in gold Am G But you stood witness to yourself Am C Our trial you did betray Am G F Look away,look away to judgment day G F Am We killed in the desert we killed in the streets G F Am We chose what shall and shall not be G F Am We stood with pistols,fought back to back G F Am Now youve stood your ground but what ground is that? F C Kid don't you know me? F C We are the last of the true C G F Drink up! Drink up! C G F Drink up! Drink up! Am F G Am Cause tonight your souls required of you