Railroads chords by Holly Williams

Chords with lyrics (Ver. 2)

Capo on 5


  Cadd9Cadd9              G+G
Well I used to pray to Jesus but I done backslid
D MajorD            E minorEm
Carrying the burdens of a preacher's kid
Cadd9Cadd9             G+G
Drinking at the pulpit and healing them lame
D MajorD             E minorEm
Daddy was a-riding on the old death train

 Cadd9Cadd9           G+G
I had me a woman but she took my kid
    D MajorD             E minorEm
When I gambled all our money on a moonshine still
Cadd9Cadd9               G+G
Now I drink my whiskey from a beat up flask
   D MajorD              E minorEm
This train done departed and it's goin' fast
 Cadd9Cadd9       G+G      Cadd9Cadd9   G+G
Oh the wheels, they spin, they're faster than a speeding
D MajorD
Airplane on a sunny day
 Cadd9Cadd9      G+G     Cadd9Cadd9    G+G     E minorEm
And I can't break free cause I can't believe it's me
   Cadd9Cadd9     G+G    Cadd9Cadd9   G+G
So I'll take your bets, I'll try me walking down
 D MajorD
A augmentedA narrow line with a life like mine
    Cadd9Cadd9   G+G   Cadd9Cadd9   G+G    E minorEm
And you'll never see any boy as brave as me
    D MajorD
Yeah I hope that this old railroad delivers me


Same chords repeat on the rest of the verses/choruses

I'm still the talk of this town, I'm still the roll of their dice
I found me a lover in a whorehouse wife
She never knew her mama or the money I've known
Don't ever make a judgement if you ain't been shown


You never walked in my shoes, you never understood
Why I was escaping anyway that I could
Nobody knows I'm gonna ride these rails
'Til the dark comes over this prison cell


Oh the wheels, they spin, they're faster than a speeding
Airplane on a sunny day
And I can't break free cause I can't believe it's me
So I'll take your bets, I'll try me walking down
A augmentedA narrow line with a life like mine
And you'll never see any boy as brave as me
Yeah I hope that this old railroad delivers me


Well, the truth came out and the church burned down
Daddy's heart stopped on the edge of this town
I'm out here searching for that boy of my own
Don't ever make a judgement if you ain't been shown


Oh the wheels, they spin, they're faster than a speeding
Airplane on a sunny day
And I can't break free cause I can't believe it's me
So I'll take your bets, I'll try me walking down
A augmentedA narrow line with a life like mine
And you'll never see any boy as brave as me
Yeah I hope that this old railroad delivers me


    D MajorD
Yeah I hope that this old railroad delivers me

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