Railroad Lady chords by Jimmy Buffett

Chords with lyrics

Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)

By: Jimmy Buffett, Jerry Jeff Walker


Chorus:
FF
She's  a rail-road la - dy,
    C majorC
Just a lit - tle bit shad - y,
G7G7              C majorC   C7C7
Spend - in' her days  on the train;
    FF
She's a sem - i - good look - er
    C majorC
But the fast rails they took 'er,
     G7G7              FF  G7G7    C majorC
Now she's try - in', just try - in' to get home a - gain

Verse 1:
    C majorC       C7C7        FF        C majorC
South  Sta - tion in Bos - ton to the freight yards of Au - stin
                             G7G7
From the Flor - i - da sun - shine to the New Or - leans rain;
C majorC        C7C7
Now that the rail - packs has
FF       C majorC
Tak - en the best tracks,
                  G7G7      C majorC
She's try - in', just try - in' to get home a - gain


Chorus:
FF
She's  a rail-road la - dy,
    C majorC
Just a lit - tle bit shad - y,
G7G7              C majorC   C7C7
Spend - in' her days  on the train;
    FF
She's a sem - i - good look - er
    C majorC
But the fast rails they took 'er,
     G7G7              FF  G7G7    C majorC
Now she's try - in', just try - in' to get home a - gain


Verse 2:
C majorC            C7C7    FF        C majorC
Once a high - ball - in' loner, he thought he could own 'er
                      G7G7
Bought her a fur  and a big dia - mond ring;
  C majorC       C7C7
She hopped on  for cold cash,
   FF      C majorC
Left town on  the Wa - bash,
                       G7G7       C majorC  C7C7
Nev - er think - in', nev - er think - in' of home 'way back then.

Verse 3:
    C majorC       C7C7
But the rails are now rust - y,
  FF        C majorC
The din - in' car's dust - y.
                        G7G7
Gold plat - ed watch - es have tak - en their toll;
     C majorC        C7C7
Yeah, the rail - roads are dy - in',
    FF       C majorC
And the la - dy she's cry - in',
                G7G7       C majorC
On a bus to Ken - tuck - y and home that's her goal.


Chorus:
FF
She's  a rail-road la - dy,
    C majorC
Just a lit - tle bit shad - y,
G7G7              C majorC   C7C7
Spend - in' her days  on the train;
    FF
She's a sem - i - good look - er
    C majorC
But the fast rails they took 'er,
     G7G7              FF  G7G7    C majorC
Now she's try - in', just try - in' to get home a - gain


Outro:
C majorC     G7G7             FF   G7G7        C majorC    FF G7G7   C majorC
Yes, on a bus to Ken - tuck - y, then home  once     a - gain.