Turnpike Troubadours – Kansas City Southern (Guitar)

Capo 2
Key
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Chords

(Intro) G D Em C G D G
 G                         D   G 
 Well I was working on the KCS Rail Line

 Em                          D
 Katie was the girl down the street

        G             D            Em        C
 Well I took her to a dance on the Fourth of July

 G                D                G
 Hopin she might fall in love with me

 G                     D                G
 Well the band started playing right at nine

 Em                           D
 Firecrackers popped in the sky

    G             D    
 We danced and we danced

        Em          C
 Lord I never had a chance

       G             D      G
 I got canned on the 5th of July
[Chorus]
     D                 G    
 And we laughed at the moonlight

       Em                          D
 Said goodbye in the grey light of dawn

         G          D               Em             C     
 Yes the girl in my dreams each and every night it seems

        G          D          G   
 Is the one that I hold in my arms
G D Em C G D G
       G             D             G
 I was playin in the Tommy Knocker Tavern

 Em                        D
 Jenny was the girl at the bar

        G          D        Em          C
 Well I sang every song for her and her alone

     G                    D         G 
 And kissed her neath the Colorado stars
[Chorus]
     D                 G    
 And we laughed at the moonlight

       Em                          D
 Said goodbye in the grey light of dawn

         G          D               Em             C     
 Yes the girl in my dreams each and every night it seems

        G          D          G   
 Is the one that I hold in my arms
G D G Em D G D Em C G D G
 G                D                         G
 Seasons come and change just like the leaves

 Em                           D
 Red oaks in the kai nation wind

      G                     D
 Well they scatter and they fall

            Em             C
 Where they land I can't recall

        G            D          G  
 Will I ever find my darlin again
[Chorus]
     D                 G    
 And we laughed at the moonlight

       Em                          D
 Said goodbye in the grey light of dawn

         G          D               Em             C     
 Yes the girl in my dreams each and every night it seems

        G          D          G   
 Is the one that I hold in my arms

         G          D               Em             C     
 Yes the girl in my dreams each and every night it seems

        G          D          G   
 Is the one that I hold in my arms
G D Em C G D G