William chords by Chris Knight

Chords with lyrics

G+G C majorC D MajorD G+G

G+G        D MajorD
Well I remember William
C majorC             G+G
We weren't much more than kids
  C majorC         G+G
His family lived in a run down shack
     D MajorD            C majorC
Like the rest of the white trash did
G+G       D MajorD
Now me and ole William
      C majorC          G+G
We used to smoke out behind the barn
    C majorC             G+G
Til his daddy caught him stealing cigarettes
D MajorD                 G+G
I still think he broke William's arm
G+G           D MajorD
When I was drinkin my first beer
   C majorC         G+G
Ole William was getting high
    C majorC            G+G
He got kicked out of school for fightin and drugs
    D MajorD          C majorC
And he stayed out late at night
G+G         D MajorD
He never said too much about home
    C majorC       G+G
Or the bruises on his back
C majorC      G+G
I asked him about em one time
    D MajorD        C majorC
But he never answered back

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

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


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


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


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

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