Key: C# minor•
Intro 1
C#m
E
B
C#m
Verse 1
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B
C#m
is William Taylor
E
B
I was born in '24
C#m
E
Too late to know
B
C#m
the Great Fallen
E
B
In time to know the Great Fall
A
E
B
C#m
When my father died of money
A
E
B
My mother lived in spite
E
B
C#m
ing was funny
And how we wept when
B
Bsus4
Verse 2
C#m
E
B
C#m
So I left there in boomtown
E
B
When I reached fifteen years
C#m
E
B
C#m
I travelled mostly northeast
B
Verse 3
E
B
C#m
in Baltimore
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E
Where those shipyards nev
B
Bsus4
er close
B
A
E
You can sell the man
B
C#m
your labor
Interlude 1
home
B
Bsus4
B
Verse 4
C#m
E
B
C#m
Broadway found me penniless
E
B
The mission found me last
C#m
E
They gave me a coat
B
C#m
and three days rest
E
B
And when I awoke and left
A
E
A shroud of steam
B
C#m
surrounded me
A
E
B
And I was borne away
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E
B
I found myself at Sparrows
C#m
Point
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Bsus4
B
C#m
Verse 5
E
B
C#m
Standing there around me
B
C#m
Their heads bowed low,
E
B
C#m
their hopes not high
E
B
Their hearts weaned of their homes
A
E
B
C#m
Their pockets full of photographs
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E
Their eyes full of goodbyes
B
A
E
B
C#m
I took my place among my kind
Interlude 2
B
C#m
E
B
C#m
E
B
C#m
E
B
C#m
E
B
A
E
B
C#m
A
E
B
A
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B
C#m
E
B
Verse 6
E
B
twenty one and well-employed
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E
B
I I send home most of my pay
C#m
E
Which leaves plenty left for
B
C#m
cigarrettes
E
B
To help me pass the days
A
E
With beloved friends surround
B
C#m
ing me
A
E
B
The cold streets so far away
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E
B
C#m
Three days west of Normandy
Outro 1
B
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsC#m E B A Bsus4
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