Jim Croce – Railroads And Riverboats (Guitar)

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This is the right tab, my first tab!!! It sounds good, this is a beautiful forgotten song of the marvellous Jim Croce, from the lost LP "Facets". With the voice of the wife Ingrid Croce. It is perfect for a duet. [email protected]
G                         D           G                 C
The railroads and the riverboats that bred the mighty man

        G                 D               C                     D                    
That we read about and we dream about, the men who built this land

        G                 D              G                       C
And the farmers and the lumbermen and the men who worked the mills

        G                 D         C                    D
And the poor hard working miners who died inside the hills

                      G                            C
While the rivers that flow are the blood of our land

                          D                               G
And the trucks they keep rumbling on the great concrete band

                       G                              C
And the railroads keep pushing to be all they once were

              D                                G      
And nature is calling, no one's listening to her

        G                         D      G                   C
And the immigrants by the boat load in a dozen different tones

         G                  D              C                  D
Sang of freedom in the new land, climbed the ladder rung by rung

        G               D                G                 C
Some to Boston, some to Pittsburgh, Philadelphia and St. Paul

            G               D          C                     D
And the old ways led to new days, they were welcome one and all

                      G                            C
While the rivers that flow are the blood of our land

                          D                               G
And the trucks they keep rumbling on the great concrete band

                       G                              C
And the railroads keep pushing to be all they once were

              D                                G      
And nature is calling, no one's listening to her

           G                D                 G                   C
With the railroads and the riverboats and the bread lines far behind

         G             D            C                   D
And the days we sang together, long gone but still in mind

         G            D                 G                   C
And the men who came before us, men who brought us to today

         G           D               C                  D
And the story still unravels from the dreams of yesterday

                      G                            C
While the rivers that flow are the blood of our land

                          D                               G
And the trucks they keep rumbling on the great concrete band

                       G                              C
And the railroads keep pushing to be all they once were

              D                                G      
And nature is calling, no one's listening to her

              D                                G      
And nature is calling, no one's listening to her