Boomers Story chords by Ry Cooder

Tuning: Standard (E A D G B E)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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


Guitar solo:


Verse 3:
G/D
Traveled all over the country

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

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

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


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

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

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

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


Outro:
C
Hear the trains go
G
I can hear the trains go by
                 Em
Just dig my grave beside the railroad
  D            G
So I can hear the trains go by