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