The Railroad Boy Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[Am]She went[C] upstair[Am][Adim]
[Am]s to make her [G]bed
And [C]not [G]a word[Em][G]
[C]to [G]her mother [Am]said
Her [C]mother [Am]she went up
[C]stair[G]s t[Em]oo
[G]Saying [Am]"daughter [C]oh [G]daughter,
[Em]what[G]'s troub[C]ling[Am] you?"

[Verse 2]
"Oh [Am]Mother dear, I can[C]not [G]tell
it's the Railroad Boy I love so [Am]well
He's [C]cour[Am]ted me my
[C]life [G]away[Em][G]
and now at home he will [Am]not stay"
"There [C]is [Am]a tavern

[Verse 3]
in
[G]the [Em]town[G]
Where that boy goes and sits [Am]him down
He [C]takes [Am]a strange girl on his[G] knee
And tells to her things he won't

[Interlude 1]
tell me"
[Am][C][G][Am]

[Verse 4]
Her father [Am]he came home fr[Em]om w[G]ork
saying "where's my daughter?
She seems [Am]so hurt"
He went upstairs to give
[Em]her [G]hope
and found her hanging by
the end of [Am]a rope

[Verse 5]
He took a [Am]knife and he [Em]cut her d[G]own,
And on her body these words he [Am]found

[Verse 6]
"Go dig my [Am]grave both wide an[G]d deep
Place a marble stone at my
head [Am]and feet
And by my breast place
[Em]a show whi[G]te dove
To show the world I died [Am]for

[Outro 1]
love."
[Am][G][Am][G][Am]
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