I've Been Working On The Railroad Chords

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[Verse 1]
[C]Railroad, yeah, that's for me.[G]
Beats cow bunchin' any [C]day.
Gonna get me a job on the railroad,
where there's a chance
to get ahead.
I hear they're hiring people
over in Dodge City,
not far from here.
I'm riding that way myself,
in the morning.
Wouldn't mind having [G]some company.
You got it, friend.
Maybe we'd better turn in early
and get a good night's sleep.
But [C]as we got up and [G]started walking
toward the door...
[C]Hey, who do [G]you think you're [Baug]pushing?
Better step aside, friend.
[G]I got no quarrel with [F]you.
Oh, yeah?
Nobody pushes me around.
It was [G]clear the stranger,
[D]a rough -looking character,
was deliberately picking a fight.
[G]And he was just about to
take a swing at [F]me when...
I hit [G]the floor [Bb]and looked up in time
[D]to see the man on the [G]balcony fall
over the rail[C]ing to the floor below.
[G]Johnny had got[D] him with one sho[E]t.
[G]We walked over and looked at the body,
but didn't recognize him.
It wasn't Durand.
Thanks, Johnny.
You saved my life.
He [C]was gonna gun you down
while the other one was trying to
get you into a [D]fight.
[C]Hey, where's the other man?
He's disappeared.
Think they were working
for the man you're after,
Bart Duran?
[D]Yes, and[G] I'm afraid you've made a dangerous enemy,
[F]Johnny.
[G]Duran's the kind that never forgets.
Don't worry about me.
I can take care of myself.
After we got to Dodge City,
I didn't see Johnny again
for [C]a few months.
[G]I'd been all over Kansas
and up into Nebraska trailing Duran,
but [C]never catching up with him.
Then I heard he'd been seen
in Oklahoma,
[G]so I [C]headed south.
That's when I came across
Johnny again,
[D]working on a railroad [C]con
struction crew,
laying [G]down track for a new [C]line.
I've been working on the railroad
[F]all the little old [C]day.
I've been working on the railroad
just to [D]pass the time [G]away.
Don't you hear the whistle [C]blowing,
[F]rise up so early in the [E]morn,
[F]can't you hear the captain [C]shouting,
[F]lin[C]e up [G]for your own[C].
I've been working on the railroad
[F]all the live long [C]day.
I've been working on the railroad,
just to [D]pass the time [G]away.
Don't you hear the whistle [C]blowing?
[F]Rise up so early in the [E]morn.
[F]Can't you hear the captain [C]shouting?
[F]I l[G]ook for your horn[C].
I've workin' on the [E]railroad
[F]all the live [C]-long [E]day
[C]I've been workin' on the rail[E]road
just to pass [C]the time [D]away
[G]Don't you hear the whistle [C]blowing?
[F]Rise up so early in the [E]morn.
[F]Can't you hear the captain [C]shouting?
[F]Ris[C]e up, blo[G]w your hor[C]n!