I'm William Callahan chords by Chris Knight

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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Well I remember Wil (D major) liam
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We  (C major) weren't much more than kids
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 (G major)  (C major) His family lived in  (G major) a  run down shack
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Like  (D major) the rest of the white trash did
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 (C major) 

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Verse 2

Now me and ole William

We used to smoke out behind the barn

Til his daddy caught him

stealing cigarettes

I still think he broke William's arm

Interlude 1

Verse 3
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When I was drinkin my  (D major) first beer
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Ole Wil (C major) liam was getting  (G major) high
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He got kicked  (C major) out of school
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for fight (G major) in and drugs
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 (D major) And he stayed out late at night
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 (C major) 

Verse 4

He never said too much about home

Or the bruises on his back

I asked him about em one time

But he never answered back

Verse 5
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Yeah William  (C major) 
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You  (D major) grew up hard and mean  (G major) 
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 (C major) You weren't the apple
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of your  (G major) mama's eye
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 (D major) And your daddy was a burned out fiend
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 (C major) 

Verse 6
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 (G major) For what it's worth now  (D major) William
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I know  (G major) you could've  (C major) had a heart  (G major) of gold
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But I don't think  (C major) you ever
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knew  (G major) that you had one
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I don't  (D major) think you were ever

Interlude 2

told

He spent a year in reform

Verse 7
school
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Cause he  (C major) broke in a hard (G major) ware store
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Now me and Willi (C major) am lost
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track  (G major) of  (C major) each oth (G major) er
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I nev (D major) er saw him much anymore
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 (C major) 

Verse 8
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The last  (G major) time I seen  (D major) William
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He was married  (C major) and had two  (G major) kids
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He tried to raise  (C major) em like
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he was supposed  (G major) to
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But sometimes  (D major) he raised
em like his daddy did
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 (C major) 

Verse 9
Yeah William
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You grew  (D major) up hard and mean  (G major) 
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 (C major) You weren't the apple
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of your  (G major) mama's eye
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 (D major) And your daddy was a burned out fiend
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 (C major) 

Verse 10
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 (G major) For what it's worth now  (D major) William
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I know you could've  (C major) had a heart  (G major) of gold
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But I don't think  (C major) you ever
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knew that you had  (G major) one
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I don't  (D major) think you were ever told

Interlude 3

Verse 11
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Well just last Sunday mornin  (D major) 
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Momma called  (C major) me on the phone  (G major) 
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Said there's a story  (C major) in the
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paper about Willi (G major) am
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She  (D major) just thought I might like to know
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 (C major) 

Verse 12
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 (G major) He got shot by  (D major) a city cop
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While he was  (C major) robbin a local drug (G major) store
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He was survived  (C major) by two  (G major) hungry  (C major) kid (G major) s,
a wife
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 (D major) And a pool of blood on the floor
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 (C major) 

Verse 13
Yeah William
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You grew  (D major) up hard and mean  (G major) 
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 (C major) You weren't the apple
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of your  (G major) mama's eye
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 (D major) And your daddy was a burned out fiend
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 (C major) 

Verse 14
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 (G major) For what it's worth now William  (D major) 
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I know you could've  (C major) had a heart  (G major) of gold
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But I don't think  (C major) you ever
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knew  (G major) that you had one
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I don't  (B minor) think you were ever told  (D major) 