Eels – Railroad Man (Ukulele)

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by EELS on album "blinking lights and other revelations" tabbed by ludwig jossieaux ([email protected]) if you want to play at the same pitch as the version on the album, you have to play the following chords shapes with a capo at the fifth fret. EADGBe C [ 032010 ] C/B [ 020010 ] F [ 033210 ] Am [ 002210 ] G [ 320003 ] Fmaj7 [ 003210 ] C C/B F Am G (2x)
C               C/B
feel like an old railroad man

F                Am        G
ridin' out on the bluemont line

C                C/B
hummin' along old dominion blues

F                   Am               G
not much to see and not much left to lose 

      Fmaj7                     C
and i know i can walk along the tracks

       Am                            Fmaj7
it may take a little longer but i'll know

       G           C      C/B  F  Am  G 
how to find my way back

C                 C/B 
i feel like an old railroad man

F                 Am                G 
who's really tried the best that he can

C                      C/B
to make his life add up to something good

F                  Am              G 
but this engine no longer burns on wood

      Fmaj7                  C
and i guess i may never understand

    Am 
the times that i live in

        Fmaj7      G        C    C/B  F  Am  G
are not made for a railroad man
C C/B F Am G
C                 C/B
i feel like an old railroad man

F                  Am             G
getting on board at the end of an age

C                      C/B
the station's empty and the whistle blows

F
things are faster now

         Am                G
and this train is just too slow

      Fmaj7                     C 
and i know i can walk along the tracks

       Am                            Fmaj7 
it may take a little longer but i'll know

       G           C      C/B  F  Am  G
how to find my way back
C C/B F Am G (10x)