Boomers Story chords by Ry Cooder

Chords with lyrics

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

Verse 1:
 G/DG/D
Come and gather all around me

Listen to my tale of woe
D MajorD
Got some good advice to give you

Lots of things you oughta know
G/DG/D
Take a tip from one who's travelled

And never stopped a-ramblin' 'round
    C majorC
'Cause once you get the roamin' fever
   G+G            E minorEm
You never want to settle down, boy
D MajorD             G+G
You never want to settle down

Verse 2:
 G/DG/D
I met a little gal in Frisco

And I asked her to be my wife     D MajorD
Told her I was tired of roamin'

Goin' to settle down for life
 G/DG/D
Then I heard the whistle blowin'

And I knew it was the Red Ball Train
   C majorC
And I left that gal beside the railroad
  G+G            E minorEm
And never saw that gal again, boy
D MajorD           G+G
I never saw that gal again
C majorC
Saw that gal again
G+G
I never saw that gal again
               E minorEm
Left that gal beside the railroad
D MajorD           G+G
I never saw that gal again

Guitar solo:


Verse 3:
G/DG/D
Traveled all over the country

I've traveled everywhere
 D MajorD
Been on every branch line railroad

I never paid a nickel fare
 G+G
I been from Maine to Californy

From Canada to Mexico
D MajorD
And I never tried to save no money
G+G              E minorEm
And now I got no place to go, boy
 D MajorD          G+G
Now I got no place to go


Verse 4:
G/DG/D
Listen to a boomer's story

Pay attention to what I say
D MajorD
I hear another train a-comin'

Guess I'll be on my way
 G+G
If you wanna do me a favor

When I lay me down and die
C majorC
Just dig my grave beside the railroad
  G+G             E minorEm
So I can hear the trains go by, boys
 D MajorD             G+G
So I can hear the trains go by


Outro:
C majorC
Hear the trains go
G+G
I can hear the trains go by
                 E minorEm
Just dig my grave beside the railroad
  D MajorD            G+G
So I can hear the trains go by