Railroad Song chords by Jim Croce

Chords with lyrics

Verse:

    D MajorD        G+G         D MajorD
When I was a boy in the days of the train

        B minorBm            A augmentedA
I'd sit by the tracks on a long summer day

          G+G
And I'd wave at the brakesman

           D MajorD
And he'd wave back at me

              B minorBm
While the thunderclouds rolled

A augmentedA       D MajorD
Out of East Tennessee

Verse:

D MajorD       G+G                D MajorD
But the dreams of a boy disappear when you're grown

         B minorBm            A augmentedA
And though I may dream, the railroads are gone

         G+G
The ties they are rotten

            D MajorD
And the tracks shot to hell

        B minorBm      A augmentedA      D MajorD
Along with my dreams and the old railroad bell

Chrous:

D MajorD   G+G         A augmentedA      D MajorD
In my dreams I ride the rails to California

      G+G     A augmentedA       D MajorD
Workin' diners and farms along the way

    G+G       A augmentedA        D MajorD
Or I'd hop a ride to hide across the border

     G+G        A augmentedA        D MajorD
With a black eyed girl beside me all the way

D MajorD           G+G
Now the mountains are silent

            D MajorD
And the railroads are gone

            B minorBm            A augmentedA
And the coal towns no longer hear the miners at dawn

             G+G            D MajorD
But the train whistle shrills out her memories to me

        B minorBm      A augmentedA       D MajorD
While the thunderclouds roll out of East Tennessee

Chrous:

D MajorD   G+G         A augmentedA      D MajorD
In my dreams I ride the rails to California

      G+G     A augmentedA       D MajorD
Workin' diners and farms along the way

    G+G       A augmentedA        D MajorD
Or I'd hop a ride to hide across the border

     G+G        A augmentedA        D MajorD
With a black eyed girl beside me all the way

D MajorD           G+G
Now the mountains are silent

            D MajorD
And the railroads are gone

            B minorBm            A augmentedA
And the coal towns no longer hear the miners at dawn

             G+G            D MajorD
But the train whistle shrills out her memories to me

        B minorBm      A augmentedA       D MajorD
While the thunderclouds roll out of East Tennessee


Orignally by macrhino on e-chords.com