E 
When I was nine years old 
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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 


[Refrão]

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 


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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 


[Refrão]

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