Hank Snow – Silver Rails (Guitar)

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[Intro] | D G | D | D G | D A | | D | D | [Verse 1]
    D          G       D               G        D
I'm free, as a man can be, this is the life for me

G         D     G       D         E7         E            A7
Go when I want, do or I don't, no worries or troubles for me

  D          G      D                     G          D
A newspaper, for my bed, no naggin' woman bangin' my head

    G           D            G         D
I'm free as the breeze and I go when I please

       G             D            G             D      D
Silver rails keep me free, silver rails keep me free
[Chorus]
A7                          D     A7                           D
When I find a place I don't like, when I find the things ain't right

       G                  D            G         D
An ol' freight train will be - waitin' to set me free

       G             D            G             D      D
Silver rails keep me free, silver rails keep me free
[Interlude] | D G | D | D G | D | | G D | G D | | G | D | G | D | [Verse 2]
  D           G      D                         G      D
I follow that ol' sunshine, ain't nothing I've left behind

    G          D            G        D     E7            E         A7
I'm walkin' it slow, always ready to go, I don't get far from that line

   D        G      D                         G       D
At night, I get my sleep, with an ol' boxcar rockin' me

         G       D                 G          D
I hear a whistle call and it's goodbye to you all

       G             D            G             D      D
Silver rails keep me free, silver rails keep me free
[Chorus]
A7                          D     A7                           D
When I find a place I don't like, when I find the things ain't right

       G                  D            G         D
An ol' freight train will be - waitin' to set me free

       G             D            G             D      D
Silver rails keep me free, silver rails keep me free