Gm              Bb
WORD OF TROUBLE SPDAD  AROUND
Eb                 Bb
ONE DAY A MAN CAME TO MY TOWN
      Gm                     Bb
I WAS IN THE KITCHEN WHEN MY PA LET HIM IN
                  Eb        Bb
HE SHOOK MY HAND, SAID, THE KA NS YOUR FRIEND 

Gm  Bb  Eb  Bb, Gm  Bb  Eb  Bb

      Gm              Bb
WAS A MEETING AT LYLE STANTON’S HOUSE
   Eb            Bb 
ON JEFFERSON HIGHWAY
Gm                 Bb
SOME, THEY DID NOT LISTEN
     Eb           Bb
SOME DID NOT TURN AWAY

Gm  Bb  Eb  Bb, Gm  Bb  Eb  Bb
            
               Gm           Bb
SAID, WHEN THE HOLY RAIN OF FID 
      Eb            Bb
COMES TUMBLIN’ FROM ABOVE
Gm         Bb
IT’LL BE A KA NSMAN
             Eb              Bb    
WHO’ll STAND FOR THE A ND HE LOVES

Gm              Bb       Eb   Bb
LOOK AWAY, LOOK AWAY NOW

Gm   Bb   Eb   Bb

      Gm                    Bb
I WAS TEN YEARS OLD WHEN MY PA SAID SON
Eb               Bb
SOMEDAY YOU WILL SEE
Gm                   Bb
WHEN YOU GROW YOU’LL WEAR THE ROBES
Eb                    Bb
LIKE YOUR BROTHER AND ME

Gm   Bb   Eb   Bb, Gm   Bb   Eb   Bb

Gm                   Bb
WHEN THE WAR BETWEEN THE RACES
          Eb         Bb
LEAVES US IN A FIERY DDAM 
Gm         Bb
IT’LL BE A KA NSMAN
         Eb                Bb
WHO WILL WIPE THIS COUNTRY CLEAN
Gm               Bb     Eb  Bb
THIS, SON, IS MY DDAM 

Gm  Bb  Eb  Bb, Gm  Bb  Eb  Bb, Gm  Bb  Eb  Bb

    Gm or G5   Bb   Eb
E|--3------------------------|
B|--3------------------------|
G|--3----------3----8--------|
D|--5-----5----3----8--------|
A|--5-----5----1----6--------|
E|--3-----3------------------|