Am_____________________G Your mother died night you were born G___Am_____________C Her name you never knew C____Am_________G_______________F Look away, look away nothing to lose Am_____________G Left East Tennessee at fourteen Am______________C Wandered to the West C____Am_________G_____________F Look away,look away born into death G______________F________________Am You fought the sailors in New Orleans G______________F________________________Am You worked the flatboats and walked the streets G________F__________Am Hit Nacogdoches in 49 G_____________________F____________________Am And there you saw the devil the very first time F_____________C Kid don’t you know me? F______________________C We are the last of the true C_________G_____F Drink up! Drink up! C_________G_____F Drink up! Drink up! Am_________________F________G_________Am Cause tonight your souls required of you Am_____________________G Signed on with a stone mad captain Am_____________C Rode on Mexico Am_________G_____________F Look away, look away war behold Am_____________________G Jailed with killers one and all Am_____________C But we were killers free Am_________G_____________F Look away, look away, look to me G______________F________________Am You saw the lancers mid heathen hordes G______________F________________________Am Bloodstained veils and costumes of war G________F__________Am Hell ain’t half full boy hear me G_____________________F____________________Am War is the game and the god we seek Am_____________________G We set out as men of reason Am_____________C Armed with Navy Colts Am_________G_____________F Look away,look away, work paid in gold Am_____________________G But you stood witness to yourself Am_____________C Our trial you did betray Am_________G_____________F Look away,look away to judgment day G______________F________________Am We killed in the desert we killed in the streets G______________F________________________Am We chose what shall and shall not be G________F__________Am We stood with pistols,fought back to back G_____________________F____________________Am Now youve stood your ground but what ground is that? F_____________C Kid don’t you know me? F______________________C We are the last of the true C_________G_____F Drink up! Drink up! C_________G_____F Drink up! Drink up! Am_________________F________G_________Am Cause tonight your souls required of you
