Ne'Er Do Wells
D#
When I was nine years old
(E7)
My daddy made me see
G#m C#
The story of the railroad
D# (E7)
And how it came to be
D#
He said the men who laid it down
(E7)
Had left their own hometowns
G# C#
And broke their backs to give us traction
D#m D#
And that's what he did for me
(CHORUS)
D# (E7)
Ne'er do wells and woebegones
B C# D#
Show your face, for we were wrong
D#
Ne'er do wells and woebegone
B C#m D#m D# (E7)
Feel no shame, it won't be long
D#
Do you ever stop to think
D#m
Who built those walls around you?
G#m
Do you ever wonder
D# (E7)
Who those people were at all?
D#
Because the hands that give you shelter
(E7)
Are the very ones that you refuse
G#m C#
And proof of what they're worth
D#
Will live long after you and I are gone
(CHORUS)
D# (E7)
Ne'er do wells and woebegone
B C# D#
Show your face, for we were wrong
D# (E7)
Ne'er do wells and woebegones
B C# D#
Feel no shame, it won't be long
D# (E7)
G#m C# D#
D#
Come on
D#
I beg you listen with an open heart
(E7)
Your soul is so cruelly judged
G#m G#
Forgive us for our trespasses
D#m
Were taught to us because
D#
We were raised by people
Raised by people
Just like you and so
G# C#
When the world falls down around us
D#m D#
It'll lead to you our goal
B C#
It'll be to you we all come running
(CHORUS)
D# (E7)
Ne'er do wells and woebegones
B C# D#
Show your face, for we were wrong
D# (E7)
Ne'er do wells and woebegones
B C# D#
Feel no shame, it won't be long
D# (E7)
G#m C# E