Mason Proffit – The Ballad Of Eugene Pratt chords

Em                                  CWhen I was just a young boy, on the okalhoma plains
Em                                         C            I tried to keep my shoes shined, tried to keep a clean name
G        F             CWay over town, lived a boy named Eugene Pratt
    Em                    D                CAnd we weren’t allowed to talk to him, say hi and none of that no no
Em                                    CI went off to school, Eugene sat right in front of my desk
Em                                   CThe kids they made fun of him, cause Gene was such a mess Lord
    G             F            CBut oh, he worked hard, and he took home a mess of good grades
Em                                     D             CAnd when it came time for him to go to big school, Eugene went far away
                 D      Em   D                     CCause that’s the way it was, and that’s the way it is
               D      Em  D                      CAnd that’s the way it was, and that’s the way it is
Em                                  CI went off to college, got myself a job in the campus store
Em                                       CBut in the meantime, Gene spent his time writin’ bout the world and war
G               F            CI didn’t understand, all the things he was talkin about
      Em                           D               CSo my friends and me from that old fraternity, got drunk and blocked it all out (Yes we did)

Em                                 CAnd then we graduated, lost our deference, our excuse.
Em                                      CAnd the man said, come here boys, gonna put your education to a good use
G                  F                 CWent down to the draft board, saw Eugene lookin’ alive and well
Em                                D                    CBut when it came time to put his name on the line, he told them boys to go to hell (Yes he did)

Em                                           CEugene was by far the smartest, the most concerned with humanity
Em                                        CBut it was him they took, far away, and stuck in a penitentiary lordy
G                  F               CI can’t help but wonder, if we’d all stand up like him
Em                          D                                   CThen there’d be no one to carry those damn guns for something nobody believes in

                    D      Em  D                      CBut that ain’t the way it was, that ain’t the way it is
                D      Em  D                     CThat ain’t the way it was, that ain’t the way it is
                D      Em  D                     CThat ain’t the way it was, that ain’t the way it is
                D      Em  D                     CThat ain’t the way it was, that ain’t the way it is