Jimmie Rodgers – The Brakemans Blues (Guitar)

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[Intro] | G | D | G | G | [Verse 1]
G
Portland Maine is just the same as sunny Tennessee

C                                              G
Portland Maine is just the same as sunny Tennessee

        D7                                        G
Any ol' place I hang my hat is home sweet home to me
[Break]
| G | G | D7 | G |
(yodel)

G
Hey, hey, hey
[Verse 2]
G
I went to the depot and looked up on the board

C                                  G
Went to the depot and looked up on the board, (hello Memphis)

                    C                    D                  G
It says: "It's good times here, but it's better on down the road"
[Break]
| G | G | D7 | G |
(yodel)
[Verse 3]
G
I'll eat my breakfast here, get my dinner in New Orleans, (right on down to Birmingham)

       C                                      G
Get my breakfast here, get my dinner in New Orleans

              D7                      D     G
I'm gonna get me a mama, Lord I ain't never seen
[Break]
| G | G | D | G |
(yodel)
| Am7 | D7 | G | [Verse 4]
G
Where was you mama when the train left the shed? (Hey buddy)

      C                                    G
Where was you mama when the train left the shed?

                     D7                         G
Standin' in my front door, wishing to God I was dead
[Break]
| G | G | D | G |
(yodel)
[Verse 5]
G
If your house catcha fire, there ain't no one around (sing them blues boy)

        C                                      G
If your house catcha fire, there ain't no one around

                           D7                      G
Just put my son out the window, let the house burn on down
[Break]
| G | G D | D G | G |
(yodel)
[Verse 6]
G
If that's your mamma, you'd better tie her to your side

                  C                        G
If that's your mamma, you'd better tie her to your side (pass your noise)

              D7                 D                  G
'Cause if she fled my train, I'm sure gonna let her ride
[Outro]
| G | G D | D G | G |
(yodel)
| C | C | D7 | D7 | | G | G |