Boomer's Story Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
(Traditional,
[G]adapted by Ry [Em]Cood[G]er)[D][G][D][G]
Come and gather all [C]around me

[Verse 2]
[G]
Listen to my tale of woe
[D]Got some good advice to give you
Lots of things you oughta know
[G]Take a tip from one who's
travelled
And never stopped
a-ramblin' 'round
[C]'round
[G]'Cause onc[C]e you get the roamin' fever
You [G]never want to settle down, boy
[Em]You [D]never want to settle d[G]own[D]
I [G]met a little gal in Frisco

[Verse 3]
And I asked her to be my [D]wife
Told her I was tired of roamin'
Goin' to settle down for life
[G]Then I heard the whistle blowin'
And I knew it was the Red Ball Train
And I [C]left that gal beside the railroad
And I [G]never saw the gal again, [Em]boy
I [D]never saw the gal [G]again[D][G]
[C]Saw the gal again
[G]I never saw the gal again
Left that gal beside the railroad
[Em]And I never saw [D]the gal again
[G]

[Interlude 1]
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[G]
[C]
[G][Em][D]
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[Verse 4]
[G]Travelled all over the country
[D]I've [G]travelled everywhere
I [D]been on every Branch Line railroad
And I never paid a nickel fare
I [G]been from Maine to Califor'ny
And from Canada to Mexico
[C]I n[G]eve[C]r tried to save no money
[G]And now I got no place to bo, [Em]boy
[D]Now I got no place to go
[G]

[Verse 5]
[Am]List[G]en to a Boomer's story
Pay attention to what I say
Well, [D]I hear another train a-comin'
Guess Guess I'll be on my way
[G]If you wanna do me a favor
When I lay me down and die
Just [C]dig my grave beside the railroad
So [G]I can hear the trains go by, b[Em]oys
[D]So I can hear the trains go [G]by[D][C]
Hear the trains [G]go
Hear the trains go by
Just dig my grave beside the railroad
[Em]So I can hear [D]the trains go by[G]

[Outro 1]
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