Key: G 🎸 Intro: G 🎸 Verse 1: G In the heat of day, down in Mobile, Alabama G I'm workin' on the railroad with a steel-drivin' hammer C I gotta get some money, buy some brand new shoes G Gotta find somebody take away my blues D Well, she don't love me when I'm singin' in the sun G N.C. G Payday's comin' when the work is all done
🎸 Verse 2: G Well now, late here in the evening, when the sun is sinkin' low G All day, I've been waitin' for that whistle to blow C Sitting in a teepee, built right on here on the tracks G Rolling them bones until the foreman comes back D Pick up your belongings, boys, and scatter about G N.C. We've got an off-shedule train comin', two miles out Guitar 🎸 Solo: G C G D7 C G C G D C G 🎸 Verse 3: G Everybody's scrambling and a-runnin' around G Picking up their money, tearing the teepee down C Foreman wants to panic, 'bout to go insane G Trying to get the workers out the way of the train D Engineer blows the whistle, loud and long N.C. Can't stop the train, gotta let it roll on Guitar 🎸 Solo: G C G D C G C G D C G 🎸 Verse 4: G Everybody's scrambling and a-runnin' around G Picking up their money, tearing the teepee down C Foreman wants to panic, 'bout to go insane G Trying to get the workers out the way of the train D Engineer blows the whistle, loud and long N.C. Can't stop the train, gotta let it roll on Outro-Guitar 🎸 Solo: G C G D C G C G D C G N.C. G
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