Ry Cooder - Boomers Story Chords

[Verse 1]
 G/D
Come and gather all around me
 
Listen to my tale of woe
D
Got some good advice to give you
 
Lots of things you oughta know
G/D
Take a tip from one who's travelled
 
And never stopped a-ramblin' 'round
       C
'Cause once you get the roamin' fever
     G                       Em
You never want to settle down, boy
D                         G
You never want to settle down
 
 
[Verse 2]
 G/D
I met a little gal in Frisco
 
And I asked her to be my wife          D
Told her I was tired of roamin'
 
Goin' to settle down for life
 G/D
Then I heard the whistle blowin'
 
And I knew it was the Red Ball Train
      C
And I left that gal beside the railroad
    G                       Em
And never saw that gal again, boy
D                     G
I never saw that gal again
C
Saw that gal again
G
I never saw that gal again
                              Em
Left that gal beside the railroad
D                     G
I never saw that gal again
 
 
[Guitar solo]
 
 
[Verse 3]
G/D
Traveled all over the country
 
I've traveled everywhere
 D
Been on every branch line railroad
 
I never paid a nickel fare
 G
I been from Maine to Californy
 
From Canada to Mexico
D
And I never tried to save no money
G                            Em
And now I got no place to go, boy
  D                   G
Now I got no place to go
 
 
[Verse 4]
G/D
Listen to a boomer's story
 
Pay attention to what I say
D
I hear another train a-comin'
 
Guess I'll be on my way
 G
If you wanna do me a favor
 
When I lay me down and die
C
Just dig my grave beside the railroad
   G                          Em
So I can hear the trains go by, boys
  D                          G
So I can hear the trains go by
 
 
[Outro]
C
Hear the trains go
G
I can hear the trains go by
                                 Em
Just dig my grave beside the railroad
    D                       G
So I can hear the trains go by