Rails chords by David Allan Coe

Chords with lyrics

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

Chorus:
G+G
Hey, lay me down some rails boys
 C majorC
Don't put me in jail boys
 C majorC  D MajorD
And if I make a little noise
 D MajorD        G+G
Just leave me alone
G+G
I've been known to party some
 G+G   C majorC
But I ain't never hurt no one
   D MajorD
I've been ashamed of what I've done
 D MajorD          G+G
Especially when I'm stoned

Verse 1:
G+G                    C majorC
I've spent most of my life in honest thinking
 C majorC   D MajorD                G+G
And I never cared too much for serious drinking
G+G               C majorC
Marijuana makes my eyes start blinking
 D MajorD             G+G
And incense make my sinuses drain

Chorus:
D MajorD      G+G
So.........lay me down some rails boys
 C majorC
Don't put me in jail boys
 C majorC  D MajorD
And if I make a little noise
 D MajorD        G+G
Just leave me alone
G+G
I've been known to party some
G+G  C majorC
But I ain't never hurt no one
C majorC    D MajorD
I've been ashamed of what I've done
D MajorD          G+G
Especially when I'm stoned

Verse 2:
G+G                C majorC
Now women make me think of consolation
D MajorD
Prison makes me think of isolation
 G+G             C majorC
Niggers made me vote for segregation
C majorC   D MajorD            G+G
And cocaine makes me hard as a rock

Chorus:
D MajorD  G+G
So, lay me down some rails boys
C majorC
Don't put me in jail boys
C majorC  D MajorD
And if I make a little noise
        G+G
Just leave me alone
G+G
I've been known to party some
G+G   C majorC
But I ain't never hurt no one
C majorC    D MajorD
I've been ashamed of what I've done
 D MajorD          G+G
Especially when I'm stoned

Verse 3:
G+G
Well it's hard to work for a dollar a week
 G+G            C majorC
And the Ku Klux Klan is bigger
  D MajorD
So take the sheets of of your bed
           G+G
And let's go hang a nigger

G+G
So... lay me down some rails boys
C majorC
Don't put me in jail boys
C majorC   D MajorD
And if I make a little noise
 D MajorD        G+G
Just leave me alone

I've been known to party some
  C majorC
But I ain't never hurt no one
   D MajorD
I've been ashamed of what I've done
D MajorD
Especially when I'm Especially when I'm
D MajorD
Especially when I'm Especially when I'm
D MajorD           G+G
Especially when I'm stoned.