Ne'Er Do Wells
A
When I was nine years old
(E7)
My daddy made me see
Dm 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
Am 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 Gm Am A (E7)
Feel no shame, it won't be long
A
Do you ever stop to think
Am
Who built those walls around you?
Dm
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
Dm 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)
Dm G A
A
Come on
A
I beg you listen with an open heart
(E7)
Your soul is so cruelly judged
Dm D
Forgive us for our trespasses
Am
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
Am 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)
Dm G E