Railroad Lady chords by Jimmy Buffett

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

By: Jimmy Buffett, Jerry Jeff Walker


Chorus:
F
She's  a rail-road la - dy,
    C
Just a lit - tle bit shad - y,
G7              C   C7
Spend - in' her days  on the train;
    F
She's a sem - i - good look - er
    C
But the fast rails they took 'er,
     G7              F  G7    C
Now she's try - in', just try - in' to get home a - gain

Verse 1:
    C       C7        F        C
South  Sta - tion in Bos - ton to the freight yards of Au - stin
                             G7
From the Flor - i - da sun - shine to the New Or - leans rain;
C        C7
Now that the rail - packs has
F       C
Tak - en the best tracks,
                  G7      C
She's try - in', just try - in' to get home a - gain


Chorus:
F
She's  a rail-road la - dy,
    C
Just a lit - tle bit shad - y,
G7              C   C7
Spend - in' her days  on the train;
    F
She's a sem - i - good look - er
    C
But the fast rails they took 'er,
     G7              F  G7    C
Now she's try - in', just try - in' to get home a - gain


Verse 2:
C            C7    F        C
Once a high - ball - in' loner, he thought he could own 'er
                      G7
Bought her a fur  and a big dia - mond ring;
  C       C7
She hopped on  for cold cash,
   F      C
Left town on  the Wa - bash,
                       G7       C  C7
Nev - er think - in', nev - er think - in' of home 'way back then.


Verse 3:
    C       C7
But the rails are now rust - y,
  F        C
The din - in' car's dust - y.
                        G7
Gold plat - ed watch - es have tak - en their toll;
     C        C7
Yeah, the rail - roads are dy - in',
    F       C
And the la - dy she's cry - in',
                G7       C
On a bus to Ken - tuck - y and home that's her goal.


Chorus:
F
She's  a rail-road la - dy,
    C
Just a lit - tle bit shad - y,
G7              C   C7
Spend - in' her days  on the train;
    F
She's a sem - i - good look - er
    C
But the fast rails they took 'er,
     G7              F  G7    C
Now she's try - in', just try - in' to get home a - gain


Outro:
C     G7             F   G7        C    F G7   C
Yes, on a bus to Ken - tuck - y, then home  once     a - gain.