Railroad Song Chords by Jim Croce

_ _ _ _ _ _ [Cm] When I was a boy, [Ab] in the [Eb] days of the train, I'd [Cm] sit by the tracks on a [Bb] long summer day.
And I'd [Ab] wave to the brakeman, and he'd [Eb] wave back at me.
While the thunder clouds rolled [Bb] out of [Eb] East Tennessee.
But the [Cm] dreams of a boy, [Ab] disappear [Eb] when you're grown.
And [Cm] though I may dream, _ [Bb] railroads are gone.
The [Ab] tires, they are rotten, and the tracks [Eb] shot to hell.
Along [Cm] with my [Bb] dreams, and the [Eb] old railroad bell.
_ In my dreams I'd ride the rails to California.
_ Work in [Bb] diners and farms [Eb] along the way.
Or I'd hop or [F] ride to hide [Eb] across the border.
_ With a black eyed [F] girl beside [Eb] me all the way.
But now [Cm] the mountains are [Ab] silent, and [Eb] the railroads are gone.
And the [Cm] coal towns no longer, hear the [Bb] miners at dawn.
But the [Eb] train whistle _ shrills, out of memories to me.
While the [Cm] thunder clouds rolled [Bb] out of [Eb] East Tennessee.
_ _ In my dreams I'd [F] ride the rails to [Eb] California.
_ Work in diners and farms along the way.
_ Or I'd hop or ride to hide across the border.
_ With a black eyed [Bb] girl beside me [Eb] all the way.
But now the [Cm] mountains are silent, [Ab] and the [Eb] railroads are gone.
And the coal [Cm] towns no longer, hear the [Dm] miners at dawn.
[Bb] But the train [Eb] whistle shrills, out of memories to me.
While the thunder [Gm] clouds rolled [Bb] out of East [Eb] Tennessee. _ _ _ _
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