Chords for Ry Cooder - Boomer's Story

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_ [G] Come and gather all [C] around me, [G] _ listen to my tale of woe.
_ _ [D] Got some good advice to give you, _ _ lots of things you ought to know.
[G] _ _ Take a tip from one who's traveled [Am] [G] and never stopped a [C]-ramblin' [G] around.
_ [Am] [C] Cause once you get the Roman fever, [G] you never wanna settle down, [Em] boy, [D] never [G] wanna settle down.
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Met a little gal in Fresco, _ [Em]
[G] I asked her to be my wife. _ _
[D] Told her I was [G] tired of roaming, _ _
[D] gonna settle down for life. _ _
[G] Then I heard the whistle _ _ _ blowin', I knew it was a red bull train. _
[C] And I left that gal beside the main road, [G] I never saw that gal again, [Em] _
boy, I [D] never saw that [G] gal again.
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Saw that gal again, _ [G] never saw that gal again.
_ Left that gal beside the [Em] railroad, _ [Am] I never [D] saw that gal [G] _ again. _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ [D] Traveled _ _
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[G] _ all over the country, [Dm]
[G] I've traveled everywhere.
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[D] Been on every branch line railroad, [G] _
[D] never paid [G] a nickel [D] fare. _ _
[G] Been from Maine to _ California, _ _ Canada to [C] Mexico.
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[C] And I never tried to save no _ money, [G] now I got no place to [Em] go, boy, [D] now I got no [E] [G] place to go. _ _
_ _ _ _ Listen to a boomer story, _ pay attention to [Gm] what I say.
[Em] _ _ [D] _ Hear another train a _ -comin', yes, I'll be on my way.
_ [G] If you wanna do me a [Gm] favor, _ [G] you're gonna lay me down and die.
_ [C] Just dig my grave beside the _ railroad, [G] so I can hear the trains go [Em] by, boy.
_ _ _ [G] So I [D] can hear the trains [G] go by. _ _
[Gm] _ _ [A#] _ [Bm] _ [C] Hear the trains go, [F] _ [C] _ [G] I can hear the trains go by.
Just dig my grave beside the [Em] railroad, [Am] so [D] I can hear the [G] trains go by. _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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