Jimmy Buffett – Railroad Lady (Guitar)

F
She's a rail-road la - dy,

       C
Just a lit - tle bit shad - y,

G7                          C     C7
Spend - in' her days on the train;

        F
She's a sem - i - good look - er

        C
But the fast rails they took 'er,

          G7                           F   G7       C
Now she's try - in', just try - in' to get home a - gain

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South Sta - tion in Bos - ton to the freight yards of Au - stin

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From the Flor - i - da sun - shine to the New Or - leans rain;

C            C7
Now that the rail - packs has

F            C
Tak - en the best tracks,

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She's try - in', just try - in' to get home a - gain

F
She's a rail-road la - dy,

       C
Just a lit - tle bit shad - y,

G7                          C     C7
Spend - in' her days on the train;

        F
Once a Pullman car traveler

        C
Now the brakeman won't have her,

          G7                           F   G7       C
Now she's try - in', just try - in' to get home a - gain

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Once a high - ball - in' loner, he thought he could own 'er

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Bought her a fur and a big dia - mond ring;

    C              C7
She hocked 'em for cold cash,

     F           C
Left town on the Wa - bash,

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Nev - er think - in', nev - er think - in' of home 'way back then.

        C             C7
But the rails are now rust - y,

    F               C
The din - in' car's dust - y.

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Gold plat - ed watch - es have tak - en their toll;

          C                C7
Yeah, the rail - roads are dy - in',

        F             C
And the la - dy she's cry - in',

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On a bus to Ken - tuck - y and home that's her goal.

F
She's a rail-road la - dy,

       C
Just a lit - tle bit shad - y,

G7                          C     C7
Spend - in' her days on the train;

        F
She's a sem - i - good look - er

        C
But the fast rails they took 'er,

          G7                           F   G7       C
Now she's try - in', just try - in' to get home a - gain

C         G7                          F      G7                C       F  G7      C
Yes, on a bus to Ken - tuck - y, then home   once          a - gain.