William Ukulele tab

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Well I remember William 
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We weren't much more than kids 
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His family lived in a run down shack 
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Like the rest of the white trash did 
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Now me and ole William 
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We used to smoke out behind the barn 
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Til his daddy caught him stealing cigarettes 
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I still think he broke William's arm 
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When I was drinkin my first beer 
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Ole William was getting high 
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He got kicked out of school for fightin and drugs 
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And he stayed out late at night 
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He never said too much about home 
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Or the bruises on his back 
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I asked him about em one time 
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But he never answered back 
 
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Yeah William 
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You grew up hard and mean 
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You weren't the apple of your mama's eye 
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And your daddy was a burned out fiend 
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For what it's worth now William 
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I know you could've had a heart of gold 
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But I don't think you ever knew that you had one 
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I don't think you were ever told 
 
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He spent a year in reform school 
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Cause he broke in a hardware store 
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Now me and William lost track of each other 
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I never saw him much anymore 
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The last time I seen William 
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He was married and had two kids 
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He tried to raise em like he was supposed to 
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But sometimes he raised em like his daddy did 
 
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Well just last Sunday mornin 
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Momma called me on the phone 
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Said there's a story in the paper about William 
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She just thought I might like to know 
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He got shot by a city cop 
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While he was robbin a local drugstore 
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He was survived by two hungry kids, a wife 
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and a pool of blood on the floor 
 
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