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