Packed Up And Left

Dm There was a black man came down from Kansas C G Dm in the fall of 93 Dm And his wife, and his family C G Dm rode in these ashes here by me C And they stopped and hoped to G Dm fetch their team some water C G Dm and the scalawags had said they had a right C G Dm But they were too far below that Mason-Dixon border C G Dm And they did not live the night C G Dm no they did not live the night Dm Some man named Walker kept the horses C G Dm They gave the wagon to my ole grandma Dm But someone missed them up in Kansas C G Dm and they came down with the law C G And the sheriff said he thought Dm they had been murdered C G Dm when the Marshall brought the missing persons note C G Dm and behind his back they called him a deserter C G Dm and he lost a lot of votes C G Dm That sheriff lost a lot of votes. Dm And the town folks said D “they packed up their belongings G C and they left the other day. D they packed up Tuesday morning G C and they went the other way D we tried to talk some sense to them G C and we tried to make them stay D G but they packed up their belongings C Dm and they went the other way Dm Well that was eighty some odd years ago C G Dm Things sure have changed a lot since then Dm Today I read in my morning paper C G Dm Said the klan had struck again C G And I got up early and I burned my Dm grandmas wagon down today C G Dm and I’m running from this town while its still light C G Cause a black boy came to town Dm just looking for some gas and he could not pay C G Dm and he did not live the night, C G Dm no he did not live the night Dm And the town folks will say D I packed up my belongings G C and I left the other day. D I packed up Tuesday morning G C and I went the other way D They’ll say they tried to talk some sense to me G C and tried to make me stay D G but I packed up my belongings C Dm and I left the other day D G “We tried to talk some sense to him C Dm but he went the other way.”