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Railroad Song, The Chords

Music by: Rod Mckuen
Tone G major BPM 118 Views 6
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[Intro 1]
[Em][C][C#dim][D][Em][Am][Ab][G]

[Verse 1]
[G]I've
been [D]working on the [G]railroad
[C]All to liv[Cm]e long day[G][D]
[G]Been out working on the [B]railroad
[Em]To p[A]ass the time away[Dsus4][D]
Don't you hear that whistle [G]blowin'
[Em]Rise[C] up earl[F]y in the morni[F#m]n'[B]
[C]Can't you hear the [C#dim]cap tain shout[D]in'
[G]Com[Em]e on,[Baug]
[G]Di nah, [D]blow your [G]horn
Dyna, won't you blow?
Dyna, [C]won't you blow?
[D]Come on and blow your [G]horn[Am][G]
Take pity on me,
Dinah
[C]Been [D]here since early mor[G]n
Someone's in the kitchen [D]with
Di[G]nah
[D]Someone's [G]in the kitchen,
I [D]know[Dsus4][D][G]
Someone's in the kitchen with my [Am]diner I [Cm]hope
[Ebdim]they're s[Baug]trum mi[D]n' on the old banjo
[G]Bee[D]n a[G] -workin'
on the rail[Em]road
[G]Seems like forever [Dsus4]more[D]
[G]Layin' them lines from [C]here to
[C#dim]California
[A]Where [D]they ain't been laid bef[G]ore
I've [D]a -workin' on the [G]railroad
[D]All [G]the[Am] live[C] -long days[Cm][G]
I've been workin' on the [B]railroad, [Em]baby
[A]It helps to pass the [D]time [Dsus4]away[D]
Yes, I hear that whistle [G]blowin' [C]I get
up [F]early every [F#m]morn'[Bdim][Baug][B]
[C]All day long,
[C#dim]the sound[D] I wan[G]t to hear
[Em]Is m[Cm]y
[G]Dinah when [D]she [G]blows [Dsus4]her horn[D][D][C]
[C#dim][D][Em][Am][G][D][Dsus4][G]
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