Railroad Man Chords by Bill Withers

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Boy, say, you ever [E] live near the railroad tracks?
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Yeah.
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_ _ _ When I was a little boy back in West Virginia, _ _ _ we lived very close to a railroad [Bm] track.
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And I remember I used to dream about them trains and where they might go and the people
that worked on the trains. _
_ And the train made music.
It made you feel good.
_ I can remember sometime I could just _ stand up off by myself and just get _ funky listening
to the train.
_ _ _ And I used to pick up a handful of gravels and _ throw them down on the ground for time. _ _ _ _
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_ Yeah, and I'd make up songs. _ _ _
_ I'd sing. _ _ _ _
_ He was a railroad _ man.
_ He was a railroad _ man.
_ He was a railroad man.
Till he stepped in front of the railroad track. _
_ He rode across the plain.
_ _ Rode on a freight train. _
_ _ _ _ They hauled bananas to Savannah.
Old bandanas made in old Japan. _
_ _ He was a railroad _ man.
He was a railroad _ man.
_ He was a railroad _ man.
Till he stepped in front of the railroad track.
_ _ He used to change his name.
_ _ He'd every reference he came. _
_ _ _ _ Knowing his name was Texan, he'd been Texas and Bangor, Quincy, and West of Maine. _ _ _ _ _ _
Maine.
_ Know he was a railroad _ man.
Till _ _ _ _ _ _ he stepped in front of the railroad track.
[Bm] _ _ Used to change his name.
[E] _ To every reference he came.
_ _ _ _ [D] You [E] know his name was Texan, he'd been Texas and Bangor, Quincy, and West of Maine.
_ _ Hey, he [Bm] rode across the [E] plain.
_ Rode on a freight train.
_ [D] _ _ _ _ [E] They hauled bananas to Savannah.
Old bandanas made in old Japan.
_ _ [Bm] He was a railroad _ _ _ _ man.
He was a railroad _ man.
He was a railroad _ man.
Till he stepped in [D] front of the [E]
railroad track.
_ _ Used to change his name.
He'd every [F#] reference [E] he came.
_ _ _ [D] _ Knowing [E] his name was Texan, [Bm] he'd been Texas and Bangor, Quincy, and West of Maine.
_ Know he was a good time [E]
railroad man.
[D] _ _ Good time [E] railroad _ man.
_ _ Was a [G#] railroad man.
Till he [Bm] stepped in front of the [E] railroad track.
Oh [Bm] yeah.
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Oh yeah. _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ [Bm] _ _ _ Oh yeah.
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Sayin' all right.
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If you ever been [D] down there, you know what I'm [E]
talkin' bout.
_ _ Rollin' down a good time railroad.
[Bm] _ _ [E] Good time railroad man.
_ He _ _ _ was a railroad man.
Till he stepped in front of the railroad track.
[Bm] _ Was hip, he used to [E] change his [Bm] name.
So he'd every place he came.
_ _ _ _ Knowing [E] his name was Texan, Texas and Bangor, Quincy, and West of Maine.
_ _ _ Rode across the plain.
_ He rode, he rode on a freight train.
[D] _ _ _ _ [E] A harman and a stoker, banner woman, and a maiden, old Jane Paine.
_ _ A railroad man.
_ _ _ A railroad _ man.
_ A railroad _ _ _ man.
He was a railroad man. _
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