Chords for Jimmy Buffett-Railroad Lady
Tempo:
143.45 bpm
Chords used:
C
F
G
E
Em
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[F] She's a railroad lady [C] just a little bit shady [G] Spending her days [C] on the train
[E] [F] She's a semi-good looker [C] but the fast rails they took her
[G] Now she's trying, just trying [F] to get [C] home again
[E]
[C] South station in Boston [F] through the freight [C] yards of Austin
From the Florida sunshine to the New [G] Orleans rain
[C] Now that the rail [F] facts has taken [C] the best track
She's trying, just trying [G] to get [C] home again
[F] She's a railroad lady [C] just a little bit shady [G] Spending her life [C] on the train
[Em]
[F] Once a Pullman car traveler [C] now the brakeman won't have her
[G] She's trying, just trying [F] to get home [C]
again
Once
[Am] [C] a high balling loner [F] he thought [C] he could own her
Bought her a fur and a big [G] dime train
[C] She hocked them for [Am] cold [F] cash left town [C] on the wall bandage
Never thinking, never thinking of home way back then
But the rails are now rusty [F] and the dining [C] car's dusty
Gold-plated watches [Em] taking [G] their toll
[A]
[C] Yeah, the railroads are dying [F] and the lady, [C] she's crying
On a bus to Kentucky [G] and home that's [C] her goal
[F] She's a railroad lady [C] just a little bit shady [G] Spending her life [C] on the train
[E] [F] She's a semi-good looker [C] but the fast rails they took her
Now [G] she's trying, just [F] trying to get [C] home again
Yeah, on [G] a bus to Kentucky [F] and [G] home once [C] again
[E] [F] She's a semi-good looker [C] but the fast rails they took her
[G] Now she's trying, just trying [F] to get [C] home again
[E]
[C] South station in Boston [F] through the freight [C] yards of Austin
From the Florida sunshine to the New [G] Orleans rain
[C] Now that the rail [F] facts has taken [C] the best track
She's trying, just trying [G] to get [C] home again
[F] She's a railroad lady [C] just a little bit shady [G] Spending her life [C] on the train
[Em]
[F] Once a Pullman car traveler [C] now the brakeman won't have her
[G] She's trying, just trying [F] to get home [C]
again
Once
[Am] [C] a high balling loner [F] he thought [C] he could own her
Bought her a fur and a big [G] dime train
[C] She hocked them for [Am] cold [F] cash left town [C] on the wall bandage
Never thinking, never thinking of home way back then
But the rails are now rusty [F] and the dining [C] car's dusty
Gold-plated watches [Em] taking [G] their toll
[A]
[C] Yeah, the railroads are dying [F] and the lady, [C] she's crying
On a bus to Kentucky [G] and home that's [C] her goal
[F] She's a railroad lady [C] just a little bit shady [G] Spending her life [C] on the train
[E] [F] She's a semi-good looker [C] but the fast rails they took her
Now [G] she's trying, just [F] trying to get [C] home again
Yeah, on [G] a bus to Kentucky [F] and [G] home once [C] again
Key:
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_ _ [F] She's a railroad _ _ lady [C] just a little bit shady [G] Spending her days [C] on the train
_ [E] _ _ [F] She's a semi-good looker [C] but the fast rails they took her
[G] Now she's trying, just trying [F] to get [C] home again _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _
[C] South station in Boston [F] through the freight [C] yards of Austin
From the Florida _ sunshine to the New [G] Orleans rain
_ _ _ _ [C] Now that the rail [F] facts has taken [C] the best track
She's trying, just trying [G] to get [C] home again _ _
[F] She's a railroad _ lady [C] just a little bit shady [G] Spending her life [C] on the train
_ [Em] _
[F] Once a Pullman car traveler [C] now the brakeman won't have her
[G] She's trying, just trying [F] to get home [C]
again
_ Once _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ [C] a high balling loner [F] he thought [C] he could own her
Bought her a fur and a big [G] dime train _ _
_ [C] She hocked them for [Am] cold [F] cash left town [C] on the wall bandage
Never thinking, never thinking of home way back then _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ But the rails are now rusty [F] and the dining [C] car's dusty
_ Gold-plated watches _ [Em] taking [G] their toll
[A] _ _
[C] Yeah, the _ railroads are dying [F] and the lady, [C] she's crying
On a bus to Kentucky [G] and home that's [C] her goal
_ _ [F] She's a railroad lady [C] just a little bit shady [G] Spending her life [C] on the train
_ _ [E] _ [F] She's a semi-good looker [C] but the fast rails they took her
Now [G] she's trying, just [F] trying to get [C] home again _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Yeah, on [G] a bus to Kentucky [F] and [G] home once _ [C] again _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [F] She's a railroad _ _ lady [C] just a little bit shady [G] Spending her days [C] on the train
_ [E] _ _ [F] She's a semi-good looker [C] but the fast rails they took her
[G] Now she's trying, just trying [F] to get [C] home again _ _
_ _ _ _ _ [E] _
[C] South station in Boston [F] through the freight [C] yards of Austin
From the Florida _ sunshine to the New [G] Orleans rain
_ _ _ _ [C] Now that the rail [F] facts has taken [C] the best track
She's trying, just trying [G] to get [C] home again _ _
[F] She's a railroad _ lady [C] just a little bit shady [G] Spending her life [C] on the train
_ [Em] _
[F] Once a Pullman car traveler [C] now the brakeman won't have her
[G] She's trying, just trying [F] to get home [C]
again
_ Once _ _
_ _ [Am] _ _ [C] a high balling loner [F] he thought [C] he could own her
Bought her a fur and a big [G] dime train _ _
_ [C] She hocked them for [Am] cold [F] cash left town [C] on the wall bandage
Never thinking, never thinking of home way back then _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ But the rails are now rusty [F] and the dining [C] car's dusty
_ Gold-plated watches _ [Em] taking [G] their toll
[A] _ _
[C] Yeah, the _ railroads are dying [F] and the lady, [C] she's crying
On a bus to Kentucky [G] and home that's [C] her goal
_ _ [F] She's a railroad lady [C] just a little bit shady [G] Spending her life [C] on the train
_ _ [E] _ [F] She's a semi-good looker [C] but the fast rails they took her
Now [G] she's trying, just [F] trying to get [C] home again _ _ _
_ _ _ _ Yeah, on [G] a bus to Kentucky [F] and [G] home once _ [C] again _ _ _
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