WWW.AZCHORDS.COM | Jim Croce - Railroad Song Chords | Ver. 1
[Intro]
Am C Am F G
[Verse 1]
Am C
When I was a boy in the days of the train
Am F G
I'd sit by the tracks on a long summer day
Am
And I'd wave at the brakeman
C
And he'd wave back at me
Am G
While the thunderclouds rolled
C
Out of East Tennessee
[Verse 2]
Am C
But the dreams of a boy disappear when you're grown
Am F G
And though I may dream, the railroads are gone
Am
The ties they are rotten
C
And the tracks shot to hell
Am G C
Along with my dreams and the old railroad bell
[Chorus]
C G F C
In my dreams I ride the rails to California
C G F C
Workin' diners and farms along the way
C G F C
Or I'd hop a ride to hide across the border
C G F C G7
With a black eyed girl beside me all the way
[Verse 3]
Am
Now the mountains are silent
C
And the railroads are gone
Am F G
And the coal towns no longer hear the miners at dawn
Am C
But the train whistle shrills out her memories to me
Am G C
While the thunderclouds roll out of East Tennessee
[Chorus]
C G F C
In my dreams I ride the rails to California
C G F C
Workin' diners and farms along the way
C G F C
Or I'd hop a ride to hide across the border
C G F C G7
With a black eyed girl beside me all the way
[Verse 4]
Am
Now the mountains are silent
C
And the railroads are gone
Am F G
And the coal towns no longer hear the miners at dawn
Am C
But the train whistle shrills out her memories to me
Am G C
While the thunderclouds roll out of East Tennessee
