Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (E MajorE A augmentedA D MajorD G+G BB E MajorE)
Key: A augmentedA
Difficulty: Novice
Verse 1:
A augmentedA
In the heat of the day down in Mobile, Alabama
A augmentedA
Working on the railroad with the steel driving hammer
D MajorD
Gotta make some money to buy some brand new shoes
A augmentedA
Tryin' to find somebody to take away these blues
E MajorE
"She don't love me" hear them singing in the sun
A augmentedA
Payday's coming and my work is all done
Verse 2:
A augmentedA
Later in the evening when the sun is sinking low
A augmentedA
All day I been waiting for the whistle to blow
D MajorD
Sitting in a teepee built right on the tracks
A augmentedA
Rolling them bones until the foreman comes back
E MajorE
Pick up you belongings boys and scatter about
A augmentedA
We've got an off-schedule train comin? two miles about
Verse 3:
A augmentedA
Everybody's scrambling, running around
A augmentedA
Picking up their money, tearing the teepee down
D MajorD
Foreman wants to panic, ?bout to go insane
A augmentedA
Trying to get the workers out the way of the train
E MajorE
Engineer blows the whistle loud and long
A augmentedA
Can't stop the train, gotta let it roll on