Am C G Am C G Am Em INTRO:Am C I went down to TaneytownG Am I went down to TaneytownC G Am Em To see what I could seeAm C My mama told me never goG Am I'm damn near 22 years oldC G Am Em7 Sometimes I feel this holler swallow meAm C She ran off to GettysburgG Am Went off with that new beau of hersC G Am Em I snuck off after darkAm C It's a long way down the county roadG Am The stars were bright and the moon was lowC G Am Em Down to where the black top highway startsAm C I went down to TaneytownG Am I went down to TaneytownC G Am Em I went down to see what I could seeAm C Now everybody stared at meG Am You'd think that they ain't never seenC G Am Em A colored boy beforeAm C Well they jumped at me and they called me namesG Am And they whoopped me sure but the sheriff cameC G Am Em I slipped off ran through the dry goods storeAm C Now I ran down Division StreetG Am And some of them boys followed meC G Am Em Down to the railroad trackAm C Well there was four of them and I can't fightG Am But I got my old Randall knifeC G Am Em I cut that boy and I never did look backAm C I went down to TaneytownG Am I went down to TaneytownC G Am Em I went down to see what I could seeAm C Across the fields and woods I runG Like a bullet from a rabbit gunC G Am Em Back home to my bedAm C Now Ma come in from GettysburgG Am Her and that new beau of hersC G Am Em Boy you look like hell is all she saidAm C A month went by without a wordG Am Somebody down the holler heardC G Am Em `Bout that boy they hungAm C He begged those men to spare his lifeG Am But I dropped my bloody Randall knifeC G Am Em He picked it up so they thought he was the oneAm C I went down to TaneytownG Am I went down to TaneytownC G Am I ain't going back there anymore