Blackfoot – Railroad Man (Guitar)

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[Intro] G C G C G C
G
Well, yeah, yeah, yeah, one of these mornings, it won't be long

                                                           D               G
Captain's gonna call and I'll be gone, I'll be nine hundred miles away from home
[Verse 1]
             G
Well, you can count the days I'm gone, you can tell the train I'm on

                        D                 G
You can hear the whistle blow as she rolls by

         C             G                    D                 G
She rolls by, she rolls by, hear the whistle blow as she rolls by
[Verse 2]
  G
My olden shoes are worn, my olden clothes are torn

                D               G
And I hate to go home now this-a-way

      C           G               D           C
This-a-way, this-a-way, hate to go home this-a-way
[Instrumental] G G G D G C G G D G [Verse 3]
           G
Well, if my Mama she says so, I'll railroad no more

                  D            G
I'll side-track my train and go home

      C            G                   D            C
And go home, and go home, side-track my train and go home
[Instrumental] G G G D G C G G D G [Verse 4]
    G
If I die a Railroad Man, I want to be buried in the sand

                     D              G
So I can hear old No. 9 as she rolls by

         C             G
She rolls by, she rolls by

            D             G  C  G  C  G  C    D  C  G
Hear old No. 9 as she rolls by, oh yeah, yeah, ooooh