William chords by Chris Knight

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G               D
Well I remember William
C                         G
We weren't much more than kids
    C                 G
His family lived in a run down shack
         D                       C
Like the rest of the white trash did
G              D
Now 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                   Ab
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