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