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