Raised By The Railroad Line chords by The Seldom Scene

Chords with lyrics

"Raised By The Railroad Line"
performed by The Seldom Scene and
written by Paul Craft.

This is not in the key performed by the Scene. I think they did it in F. Robin and Linda Williams do it in this
key but it is easily transposed to wherever it suits your voice.


Verse 1.

C majorC             FF     C majorC
The clickety sound of the southbound freight
C majorC                   G7G7
And the high speed hum of a passenger train
C majorC                 C/BC/B      A minorAm
Becomes a part of the soul and the heart and the mind
A minorAm       G+G           C majorC
Of a boy who's raised by the railroad line

Verse 2.
C majorC               FF    C majorC
The sound of a whistle at the crossin' road
C majorC                              G7G7
And the tanks and the trucks and the tractors on the flatcar load
C majorC                 C/BC/B      A minorAm
Becomes a part of the soul and the heart and the mind
A minorAm       G+G           C majorC
Of a boy who's raised by the railroad line

CHORUS:
C majorC         FF       G+G     FF
And the big round penny that you lay on the rails
    G+G      C majorC
And the wheels mash flat
C majorC          FF      G+G
And a glimpse of the faces of the ladies
    FF           G+G
And the men in the engineer's hats

Verse 3.
C majorC                FF   C majorC
And the brakeman waves from the red caboose
C majorC                     G7G7
He's a part of the past, never quite turns loose
C majorC                 C/BC/B      A minorAm
Becomes a part of the soul and the heart and the mind
A minorAm       G+G           C majorC
Of a boy who's raised by the railroad line

~~Instrumental Break over the verse.~~

CHORUS:
C majorC         FF       G+G     FF
And the big round penny that you lay on the rails
    G+G      C majorC
And the wheels mash flat
C majorC          FF      G+G
And a glimpse of the faces of the ladies
    FF           G+G
And the men in the engineer's hats

Verse 4.
C majorC                FF   C majorC
And the brakeman waves from the red caboose
C majorC                     G7G7
He's a part of the past, never quite turns loose
C majorC                 C/BC/B      A minorAm
Becomes a part of the soul and the heart and the mind
A minorAm       G+G           C majorC
Of a boy who's raised by the railroad line

Verse 5.

C majorC             FF     C majorC
The clickety sound of the southbound freight
C majorC                   G7G7
And the high speed hum of a passenger train
C majorC                 C/BC/B      A minorAm
Becomes a part of the soul and the heart and the mind
A minorAm       G+G           C majorC
Of a boy who's raised by the railroad line
A minorAm       G+G           C majorC
Of a boy who's raised by the railroad line