Chords for Shannon Quartet - Levee Song-I've Been Workin' on de Railroad - 1923

[Ab] Oh, I was [Fm] [Eb] born in Mobile Town, [Abm] I'm working on the [F] levee.
[N] All day I roll the cotton down, I'm working on the [Eb] levee.
_ [Bb] I've been working on the railroad [Eb] _ all the lifelong day.
_ [N] _ I've been working on the _ railroad to pass the time [F] _ away.
_ Don't you hear the [N] whistle blowing?
_ Cries of the crow early in the morning.
_ _ Don't you hear the captain _
[E] shouting?
[Bbm] _ Gonna blow [N] your horn.
_ _ I [Dm] used to [Eb]
have a short-lived [F] deal, working on [Fm] the [Bb] levee.
He run away, [Ebm] but I'm [C] here still, [F] working on [G] the levee.
_ I've been working on the _ [Eb] [E] railroad _ all the lifelong _
[Gm] _ day.
I've been working on the _ [D] railroad to pass the time [Ab] away. _
_ _ [Dm] [N] Don't you hear the whistle blowing?
_ Cries of the crow early in the _ morning.
_ Don't you hear the captain shouting?
[Eb] _
_ [Bb] Gonna blow your _ _ _
[N] horn.
That little old dog, fed up and vague, working on the levee.
He'll outdone me, he's thick and vague, [F] working on the _ _ levee.
_ [Eb] I've been working on the [N] _
railroad _ _ all the lifelong _ day.
_ _ I've been working on the railroad to pass the time away.
_ _ _ Don't you hear the whistle _ blowing?
Cries of the crow early in the morning.
_ _ Don't you hear the captain shouting?
_ _ [F] Gonna blow [N] your horn.
Blow your horn. _