Raised By The Railroad Line chords by The Seldom Scene

"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                         F          C
The clickety sound of the southbound freight
C                                     G7
And the high speed hum of a passenger train
C                                  C/B           Am
Becomes a part of the soul and the heart and the mind
Am             G                      C
Of a boy who's raised by the railroad line

Verse 2.
C                             F        C
The sound of a whistle at the crossin' road
C                                                            G7
And the tanks and the trucks and the tractors on the flatcar load
C                                  C/B           Am
Becomes a part of the soul and the heart and the mind
Am             G                      C
Of a boy who's raised by the railroad line

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

Verse 3.
C                               F     C
And the brakeman waves from the red caboose
C                                          G7
He's a part of the past, never quite turns loose
C                                  C/B           Am
Becomes a part of the soul and the heart and the mind
Am             G                      C
Of a boy who's raised by the railroad line

~~Instrumental Break over the verse.~~

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


Verse 4.
C                               F     C
And the brakeman waves from the red caboose
C                                          G7
He's a part of the past, never quite turns loose
C                                  C/B           Am
Becomes a part of the soul and the heart and the mind
Am             G                      C
Of a boy who's raised by the railroad line

Verse 5.

C                         F          C
The clickety sound of the southbound freight
C                                     G7
And the high speed hum of a passenger train
C                                  C/B           Am
Becomes a part of the soul and the heart and the mind
Am             G                      C
Of a boy who's raised by the railroad line
Am             G                      C
Of a boy who's raised by the railroad line