Railroad Song chords by Jim Croce

Verse:

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

               Bm                       A
I'd sit by the tracks on a long summer day

                    G
And I'd wave at the brakesman

                      D
And he'd wave back at me

                            Bm
While the thunderclouds rolled

A              D
Out of East Tennessee

Verse:

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

                  Bm                       A
And though I may dream, the railroads are gone

                  G
The ties they are rotten

                       D
And the tracks shot to hell

                Bm           A            D
Along with my dreams and the old railroad bell

Chrous:

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

           G         A              D
Workin' diners and farms along the way

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

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

D                      G
Now the mountains are silent

                       D
And the railroads are gone

                       Bm                        A
And the coal towns no longer hear the miners at dawn

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

                Bm           A              D
While the thunderclouds roll out of East Tennessee

Chrous:

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

           G         A              D
Workin' diners and farms along the way

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

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

D                      G
Now the mountains are silent

                       D
And the railroads are gone

                       Bm                        A
And the coal towns no longer hear the miners at dawn

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

                Bm           A              D
While the thunderclouds roll out of East Tennessee


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