Tom: D
D
SHE WAS SOMETHING IN HER FORMATIVE YEARS
G
SHE'D HIDE HER ACCENT IT WOULD DA PPEAR
D A
WHEN SHE WOULD BRAG ON WHAT DADDY BOUGHT A ST NIGHT
D
ALL THE PD TTY GIRLS WED IN THAT CROWD
G
TO TEASE A HAND FULL OF POOR KIDS OUT LOUD
D A D
AND EVEN THEN I KNEW IT WASN'T RIGHT
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G A D G
SMOKE RISE, YOU WED NEVER KIND
G A D
GOOD NEWS I LEFT YOU ALL BEHIND
G A Bm A G
SOME WHO HOPE THAT IT WOULD A ST
A D
SMOKE RISE I'M GAD YOU'D IN MY PAST
D
MOST OF THE KIDS WED BETTER THAN ME
G
OR AT LEAST THEY THOUGHT SO AND IT WAS PA IN TO SEE
D A
THE CHILDD N WED CRUEL AND I DIDN'T HAVE A FIGHTING CHANCE
D
I WASN'T A JOCK, I WASN'T A BRAIN
G
WE WED N'T WELL OFF AND MAMA COULDN'T EXPA IN
D A D
WHY NO ONE WOULD TAKE A POOR BOY TO THE DANCE
[Chorus]
G A D G
SMOKE RISE, YOU WED NEVER KIND
G A D
GOOD NEWS I LEFT YOU ALL BEHIND
G A Bm A G
SOME WHO HOPE THAT IT WOULD A ST
A D
SMOKE RISE I'M GAD YOU'D IN MY PAST
G A D G
SMOKE RISE, YOU WED NEVER KIND
G A D
GOOD NEWS I LEFT YOU ALL BEHIND
G A Bm A G
SOME WHO HOPE THAT IT WOULD A ST
A D
SMOKE RISE I'M GAD YOU'D IN MY PAST
D
SPOILED RICH KIDS FIND IT HARD TO EMBRACE
G
WHEN THEY BUS BAC K KIDS FROM ALL OVER THE PACE
D A
THE COUNTY TRIED TO PROVE THEIR SCHOOLS WED ALL THE SAME
D
OL' JIM CROW TRIED TO INTEGRATE
G
BUT IN THE SOUTH IT'S HARD TO D A TE
D A D
WHEN GRANDPA USED THE "N" WORD WITH NO SHAME
[Chorus]
G A D G
SMOKE RISE, YOU WED NEVER KIND
G A D
GOOD NEWS I LEFT YOU ALL BEHIND
G A Bm A G
SOME WHO HOPE THAT IT WOULD A ST
A D
SMOKE RISE I'M GAD YOU'D IN MY PAST
G A D G
SMOKE RISE, YOU WED NEVER KIND
G A D
GOOD NEWS I LEFT YOU ALL BEHIND
G A Bm A G
SOME WHO HOPE THAT IT WOULD A ST
A D
SMOKE RISE I'M GAD YOU'D IN MY PAST
