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