Railroads Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[C][F][C][F][C]
[Am][F][C][F][C]
[G]

[Verse 1]
Well [F]I
used to pray to Jesus but I [C]done backslid
[G]Carrying the burdens of a
[Am]preacher's kid
[F]Drinking at the pulpit and
[C]healing them lame
[G]Daddy was a-riding on
on the [Am]old death train

[Verse 2]
I [F]had me a woman but she [C]took my kid
When I [G]gambled all our money
on a [Am]moonshine still
[F]Now I drink my whisky
from a [C]beat up flask
This [G]train done departed
and [Am]it's goin' fast
[F]Oh the

[Verse 3]
wheels, they [C]spin,
they're [F]faster [C]than a speeding aeroplane [Am]on a su[C]nny da[Em]y
And [F]I can't break [C]free cause I
[F]can't be[C]lieve [Am]it's me
So I'll [F]take your [C]bets,
I'll [F]try me [C]walking down a narrow line with a [G]life [C]like mine
And you'll [F]never [C]see any [F]boy
as [C]brave [Am]as me
Yeah I [F]hope that this old railroad
delivers me
[C][F][C]

[Verse 4]
[G]
I'm still the [F]talk of this town,
I'm still [C]the roll of their dice
[G]I found me a lover in [Am]a
whorehouse wife
She [F]never knew her mama or
[C]the money I've known
Don't [G]ever make a judgment if
[Am]you ain't been shown

[Verse 5]
You never [F]walked in my shoes,
you never [C]understood
Why [G]I was escaping any
[Am]way that I could
[F]Nobody knows I'm gonna [C]ride these rails
'Til [G]the dark comes over
[Am]this prison cell

[Verse 6]
Oh the [F]wheels, [C]they spin,
they're [F]faster [C]than a speeding [G]aero[C] pl[Am]ane on[C] a [G]sunny da[Am]y
[C]And [F]I can't break [C]free cause
[F]I can't be[C]lieve [Am]it's me
So I'll [F]take your [C]bets,
I'll [F]try me [C]walking down a [G]nar[C]row [Am]line [C]with a life like mine
And you'll [F]never [C]see any
[F]boy as [C]brave [Am]as me
Yeah I [F]hope that this old railroad delivers [C]me[F]
[C]

[Interlude 1]
[F][C][Am]
[F][C][F][C]
[Am]

[Verse 7]
Well, [F]the truth came out and the church
[C]burned down
[G]Daddy's heart stopped on
the [Am]edge of this town
I'm [F]out here searching for
that [C]boy of my own
Don't [G]ever make a judgment
if [Am]you ain't been shown

[Verse 8]
Oh the [F]wheels, they [C]spin,
they're [F]faster [C]than a speeding [G]aero[C] plane on a [Am]sunny day
[C]And [F]I can't break [C]free cause I
[F]can't be[C]lieve [Am]it's me
So I'll [F]take your [C]bets,
I'll [F]try me [C]walking down a [G]nar[C]row line with a life like mine
And you'll [F]never [C]see any
[F]boy as [C]brave [Am]as me
Yeah I [F]hope that this old railroad delivers me

[Interlude 2]
[C][F][C][Am]
[F][C][F][C][G]

[Verse 9]
Yeah I [F]hope that this old railroad delivers me