ridin the rails Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[Am]Woo woo woo
[E]Woo woo [Am]woo
Woo woo woo

[Verse 2]
Woo woo woo
[Am]
Hobo is my game
[Dm]B & O's my mid[E]dle na[Am]me
I'm goin' where that whistle wails
And [F]that's why [E]I'm ridin'
[Am]the rails

[Verse 3]
Hoboken, [Am]New York, [Dm]PA
60 seconds [E]is all I'll [Am]stay
Keeps me outta county jails
And [F]that's why [E]I'm rid[Am]in' the rails
Oh, [Dm]leave

[Verse 4]
Kentucky
Or the [Am]fields of [D]Alabam'
Roomin' with a [Dm]box of nails
[Am]Or peanuts and yams
[Dm]Got no next of k[G]in
And there's [C]no one in my will
[B]Only thing [F]I'm scared of
Is [E]standin' [C]still

[Verse 5]
[E]I'll [Am]ride 'til I'm dead[Dm]
Box[E]car's my only [Am]bed
That's home when all else fails
[F]That's why I'm [E]ridin'
the [Am]rails[Dm]

[Verse 6]
Brushfire Billy And [Am]his
buddies, Ned and Slim
[D]Nine years back in [Dm]provo
Was the [Am]last I saw of him
[Dm]Brakeman, leave [G]me be
Let this [C]hobo rest his bones
[B]Sleep will over[F]take me
When [E]that diesel [C]moans[E]
[Am]That country's

[Verse 7]
long and wide
[Dm]The Santa Fe's[E] my brid[Am]e
I'll hop her when she sails
[F]That's why [E]I'm ridin' [Am]the rails[Bbm]

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I'm [Ebm]ridin' I'm

[Verse 8]
[Bbm]
slidin'
I [F]won't last too [Bbm]long
[Ebm]Got a ba[Bbm]ndana and a wh[F]istle for a [Bbm]song
[Ebm]There ain't no whe[G#]els on the
[C#]floor of [Bbm]a jail[C#][Bbm][Gdim]
[F#]That's why

[Verse 9]
[F]I'm ridin' the [Bbm]rails
Woo woo [F]woo[Bbm]
[F#]That's why I[F]'m ridin' the [Bbm]rails
Woo woo woo
[F#]That's why [F]I'm ridin'
[Bbm]the rails
Woo woo woo
[F]That's[G#]
why I'm ridin' the rails
Woo woo woo
Woo woo woo
Woo woo woo