Intro: D 


Verse: 
D 
Low down in Ohio from the day he was born 
G                                                   D 
Charlie hit that hard road, rollin' like a thunder storm 
Trouble as his shadow, larceny in his blood 
      G                                                    D 
They slapped him in the castle, for lightin' up some peckerwood 
       G                                                     D 
He got eleven twenty-nine the first time, rode it out like a train 
                                        A           D      Cadd9 Bm A 
Walked down to the bus line through the Chillicothe rain 




[Refrão]
G                                                                 D 
Some people stay in hell just because they know the names of the streets 
                                                               A 
Some lay their soul on the anvil, hand 'em the hammer, that's me 
D                                        G 
Sorry for the trouble, the worry and the pain 
                                  D              A           D 
Sorry I never had sense enough to get out of the Chillicothe rain 


Verse: 
D 
He hung around in pool halls, like to never find a job 
G                                                                       D 
Finally started bouncin' for some dude, connected with the Steubenville mob 
Fell hard for a dancer, she took him for a ride 
           G                                                     D 
She coulda cleared him with her answer, she got on the stand and lied 
       G                                                  D 
He got ten years for good behavior, ten years and mark of Cain 
                                               A               D      Cadd9 Bm A 
The guard hollered "See ya later" through the hard Chillicothe rain 



[Refrão]
G                                                                 D 
Some people stay in hell just because they know the names of the streets 
                                                               A 
Some lay their soul on the anvil, hand 'em the hammer, that's me 
D                                        G 
Sorry for the trouble, the worry and the pain 
                                  D              A           D 
Sorry I never had sense enough to get out of the Chillicothe rain 


Break: Cadd9 Bm A G A D 


Verse: 
D 
Charlie stayed clear of trouble, for a year he walked that line 
G                                                             D 
Tryin' to rebuild from the rubble, set things straight in his mind 
One night he got a phone call, said "mom I'll be right back" 
G                                                                  D 
She just killed the porch light when she heard sirens down by the tracks 
    G                                                       D 
The score he swore he'd settle got him more than a ball and chain 
                                                    A           D      Cadd9 Bm A 
Got him the Lord's prayer and Satan's chair in the Chillicothe rain 




[Refrão]
G                                                                 D 
Some people stay in hell just because they know the names of the streets 
                                                               A 
Some lay their soul on the anvil, hand 'em the hammer, that's me 
    D                                        G 
My storm will soon be over when they run lightning through my brain 
                                     D                      A           D 
By the time you read this I'll be a lily-white mist in the Chillicothe rain 
        G                            D                      A           D 
By the time you read this I'll be a lily-white mist in the Chillicothe rain