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