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