Chris Knight – William chords

Capo 3rd

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G               D  Well I remember William 
C                         GWe weren't much more than kids 
    C                 GHis family lived in a run down shack 
         D                       CLike the rest of the white trash did 
G              DNow me and ole William 
           C                    G We used to smoke out behind the barn 
        C                         G          Til his daddy caught him stealing cigarettes 
D                                 G  I still think he broke William's arm 
G                     D  When I was drinkin my first beer 
     C                  G  Ole William was getting high 
       C                        G  He got kicked out of school for fightin and drugs 
       D                   C  And he stayed out late at night 
G                  D  He never said too much about home 
        C              G  Or the bruises on his back 
C           G  I asked him about em one time 
       D                C  But he never answered back 
 
Chorus: 
C  Yeah William 
     D                G  You grew up hard and mean 
    C                         G  You weren't the apple of your mama's eye 
         D                       C  And your daddy was a burned out fiend 
G                       D  For what it's worth now William 
           C                       G  I know you could've had a heart of gold 
            C                            G  But I don't think you ever knew that you had one 
         D                   G    C   D   G  I don't think you were ever told 
 

G                  D   He spent a year in reform school 
         C                   G# Cause he broke in a hardware store 
C                                 G  Now me and William lost track of each other 
         D              C  I never saw him much anymore 
G                   D   The last time I seen William 
       C                   G  He was married and had two kids 
            C                    G  He tried to raise em like he was supposed to 
                 D                         C  But sometimes he raised em like his daddy did 
 

C  Yeah William 
     D                G  You grew up hard and mean 
    C                         G  You weren't the apple of your mama's eye 
         D                       C  And your daddy was a burned out fiend 
G                       D  For what it's worth now William 
           C                       G  I know you could've had a heart of gold 
            C                            G  But I don't think you ever knew that you had one 
         D                   G    C   D   G  I don't think you were ever told 

 
G                     D    Well just last Sunday mornin 
      C                G  Momma called me on the phone 
                C                      G  Said there's a story in the paper about William 
                   D              C  She just thought I might like to know 
G                D  He got shot by a city cop 
             C               G  While he was robbin a local drugstore 
       C                      G  He was survived by two hungry kids, a wife 
      D                     C  and a pool of blood on the floor 


C  Yeah William 
     D                G  You grew up hard and mean 
    C                         G  You weren't the apple of your mama's eye 
         D                       C  And your daddy was a burned out fiend 
G                       D  For what it's worth now William 
           C                       G  I know you could've had a heart of gold 
            C                            G  But I don't think you ever knew that you had one 
         D                   G    C   D   G  I don't think you were ever told