Chords for Boomer's Story
Tempo:
139.55 bpm
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Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Jam Along & Learn...
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[G] Come and gather all around [C] me, listen to my tale of woe.
to give you, lots of things you ought to know.
one loose travel that never stopped a rambling [C] round.
you get the Romans fever, [G] you never want to settle down, [Em] boy,
[D] you never want to [G] settle down.
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[G] Come and gather all around [C] me, listen to my tale of woe.
to give you, lots of things you ought to know.
one loose travel that never stopped a rambling [C] round.
you get the Romans fever, [G] you never want to settle down, [Em] boy,
[D] you never want to [G] settle down.
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_ _ [G] Come and gather all around [C] me, _ listen to my tale of woe.
_ [D] Got some good advice to give you, _ _ lots of things you ought to know.
[Dm] _ _ [G] _ Take a tip from one loose travel that never stopped a rambling [C] round.
[G] _ [A] Cause [C] once you get the Romans _ fever, [G] you never want to settle down, [Em] boy,
[D] you never want to [G] settle down. _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ [G] Then a little gal in Fresca, _ [Em] I asked her to be my wife.
[A] _ _ [D] Told her I was tired of roaming, [G] _ _ _ [D] gonna settle down for life.
_ _ Then I heard the whistle blowing,
_ and I knew it was a red bull train.
_ [C] And I left that gal beside the railroad,
I [G] never saw that gal again, [Em] _ boy, _ I [D] never saw that gal [G] again.
_ [G] _ _ _ [B] _ _ [C] Saw that gal again, _ _ [G] never saw that gal again.
_ Left that gal beside the [Em] railroad,
[Am] I never saw [D] that gal [G] again. _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ Travel all over the country, _ I've _ traveled everywhere.
_ [Em] _ [D] Been on every branch line,
railroad, _ _ never paid a nickel [D] fare.
_ _ [G] Been from Maine to California, _ _ Canada to Mexico,
[G] and _ I [C] never tried to save no _ money.
[G] Now I got no place to go, [Em] boy, [D] now I got no place to [G] go.
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_ [G] _ Listen to a boomer story, _ pay attention to what I [Gm] say. _
[Em] _ _ [D] Here another train a-coming, _ _ _ yes [E] I'll be on [D] my way.
_ _ [G] If you want to do me a favor, _ you're gonna lay me down and die.
[Am] _ [C] Just dig my grave beside the railroad, [G] so I can hear the trains go by, [Em] boy,
_ _ _ so [D] I can hear the trains [G] go by. _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [C] Where the trains go, _ [F] _ _ [G] I can hear the trains go by.
_ Just dig my grave beside the [Em] railroad, [Am] so I can hear the [D] trains go [G] by.
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_ _ [G] Come and gather all around [C] me, _ listen to my tale of woe.
_ [D] Got some good advice to give you, _ _ lots of things you ought to know.
[Dm] _ _ [G] _ Take a tip from one loose travel that never stopped a rambling [C] round.
[G] _ [A] Cause [C] once you get the Romans _ fever, [G] you never want to settle down, [Em] boy,
[D] you never want to [G] settle down. _ _
_ _ [Bm] _ _ [G] Then a little gal in Fresca, _ [Em] I asked her to be my wife.
[A] _ _ [D] Told her I was tired of roaming, [G] _ _ _ [D] gonna settle down for life.
_ _ Then I heard the whistle blowing,
_ and I knew it was a red bull train.
_ [C] And I left that gal beside the railroad,
I [G] never saw that gal again, [Em] _ boy, _ I [D] never saw that gal [G] again.
_ [G] _ _ _ [B] _ _ [C] Saw that gal again, _ _ [G] never saw that gal again.
_ Left that gal beside the [Em] railroad,
[Am] I never saw [D] that gal [G] again. _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ Travel all over the country, _ I've _ traveled everywhere.
_ [Em] _ [D] Been on every branch line,
railroad, _ _ never paid a nickel [D] fare.
_ _ [G] Been from Maine to California, _ _ Canada to Mexico,
[G] and _ I [C] never tried to save no _ money.
[G] Now I got no place to go, [Em] boy, [D] now I got no place to [G] go.
_ _ _ [C] _
_ [G] _ Listen to a boomer story, _ pay attention to what I [Gm] say. _
[Em] _ _ [D] Here another train a-coming, _ _ _ yes [E] I'll be on [D] my way.
_ _ [G] If you want to do me a favor, _ you're gonna lay me down and die.
[Am] _ [C] Just dig my grave beside the railroad, [G] so I can hear the trains go by, [Em] boy,
_ _ _ so [D] I can hear the trains [G] go by. _
_ _ _ [A] _ _ [C] Where the trains go, _ [F] _ _ [G] I can hear the trains go by.
_ Just dig my grave beside the [Em] railroad, [Am] so I can hear the [D] trains go [G] by.
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