Chords for STARLIGHT ON THE RAILS - "Utah" Phillips
Tempo:
150 bpm
Chords used:
C
G
E
F
Db
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
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[N] [C]
[B]
[C]
[G] [Db]
[C]
[Bb]
[B] [G] [E] [C]
[G] We walked [Db] along a road [E] in Cumberland and stooped because the [Bb] sky hung down so low.
And when we ran [E] away from London, we went by little rivers in a land just [Ab] big enough.
And nowhere that we went was far.
[D] The earth and the sky were close and near.
And the old hunger returned, the [Eb] terrible and obscure [Db] hunger that haunts and hurts Americans
and makes us exiles at home and strangers wherever we go.
Oh, I will go up and down the country and back and forth across the country.
[Eb] I will go out west where the states are [E] square.
I will go to Boise and Helena, Albuquerque and the two Dakotas [C] and all the unknown [Abm] places.
[B] Say, brother, have you heard the roar of the fast express?
[C] Have you seen starlight on the rails?
[N] [E]
[G]
[C] I can hear the whistle [Gm] blowing, [G]
high and lonesome as [C] can [G] be.
[C]
[F] Outside the rain is softly [G] falling.
[C] [G] Tonight it's falling just for [C] me.
[G] Looking back along the road [C] I've traveled, [G] all the miles could tell a million [E] tales.
[C]
Each [G] year is [F] like some rolling freight train [C] and [G]
cold as starlight on the [C] rails.
I think about a [G] wife and family, a home and all the things it [C] means.
The [F] black smoke trailing out [C] behind me [G] is like a spring of broken [C] dreams.
[G] Looking back along the road [C] I've traveled, [G] all the miles could tell a million tales.
[C] Each year [F] is like some rolling freight [C] train [G] and cold as starlight [C] on the rails.
A man who lives out on [G] the highway is like a clock that [C] can't tell time.
A [F] man who spends his life just [C] rambling [G] is like a song without a [C] rhyme.
Looking [G] back along the road I've traveled, [C] [G] all the miles could tell a million [C] tales.
Each year is [F] like some rolling freight [C] train [G] and cold as [C] starlight on the rails.
[G]
[C]
[N] [G]
[Db] [Bb]
[Db]
[B]
[C]
[G] [Db]
[C]
[Bb]
[B] [G] [E] [C]
[G] We walked [Db] along a road [E] in Cumberland and stooped because the [Bb] sky hung down so low.
And when we ran [E] away from London, we went by little rivers in a land just [Ab] big enough.
And nowhere that we went was far.
[D] The earth and the sky were close and near.
And the old hunger returned, the [Eb] terrible and obscure [Db] hunger that haunts and hurts Americans
and makes us exiles at home and strangers wherever we go.
Oh, I will go up and down the country and back and forth across the country.
[Eb] I will go out west where the states are [E] square.
I will go to Boise and Helena, Albuquerque and the two Dakotas [C] and all the unknown [Abm] places.
[B] Say, brother, have you heard the roar of the fast express?
[C] Have you seen starlight on the rails?
[N] [E]
[G]
[C] I can hear the whistle [Gm] blowing, [G]
high and lonesome as [C] can [G] be.
[C]
[F] Outside the rain is softly [G] falling.
[C] [G] Tonight it's falling just for [C] me.
[G] Looking back along the road [C] I've traveled, [G] all the miles could tell a million [E] tales.
[C]
Each [G] year is [F] like some rolling freight train [C] and [G]
cold as starlight on the [C] rails.
I think about a [G] wife and family, a home and all the things it [C] means.
The [F] black smoke trailing out [C] behind me [G] is like a spring of broken [C] dreams.
[G] Looking back along the road [C] I've traveled, [G] all the miles could tell a million tales.
[C] Each year [F] is like some rolling freight [C] train [G] and cold as starlight [C] on the rails.
A man who lives out on [G] the highway is like a clock that [C] can't tell time.
A [F] man who spends his life just [C] rambling [G] is like a song without a [C] rhyme.
Looking [G] back along the road I've traveled, [C] [G] all the miles could tell a million [C] tales.
Each year is [F] like some rolling freight [C] train [G] and cold as [C] starlight on the rails.
[G]
[C]
[N] [G]
[Db] [Bb]
[Db]
Key:
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[B] _ _ _ _ [G] _ [E] _ _ [C] _
_ _ [G] We walked [Db] along a road [E] in Cumberland and stooped because the [Bb] sky hung down so low.
And when we ran [E] away from London, we went by little rivers in a land just [Ab] big enough. _
And nowhere that we went was far.
[D] _ The earth and the sky were close and near.
And the old hunger returned, the [Eb] terrible and obscure [Db] hunger that haunts and hurts Americans
and makes us exiles at home and strangers wherever we go.
_ Oh, I will go up and down the country and back and forth across the country.
[Eb] I will go out west where the states are [E] square.
I will go to Boise and Helena, Albuquerque and the two Dakotas [C] and all the unknown [Abm] places.
_ _ [B] Say, brother, have you heard the roar of the fast express? _
[C] Have you seen starlight on the rails?
[N] _ _ [E] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ I can hear the whistle [Gm] blowing, [G] _
_ _ _ high and lonesome as [C] can [G] be.
[C] _ _ _
[F] Outside the rain is softly [G] falling.
[C] _ _ _ [G] Tonight _ it's falling just for [C] me. _ _ _
[G] Looking back along the road [C] I've traveled, _ _ [G] all the miles could tell a million [E] tales.
[C] _ _
Each [G] year is [F] like some rolling freight train [C] _ _ and [G]
cold as starlight on the [C] rails. _
_ _ I think about a [G] wife and family, _ _ a home and all the things it [C] means. _
_ The [F] black smoke trailing out [C] behind me _ _ [G] is like a spring of broken _ [C] dreams.
_ [G] Looking back _ along the road [C] I've traveled, _ _ [G] all the miles could tell a million tales. _
[C] _ _ Each year [F] is like some rolling freight [C] train _ [G] and _ cold as starlight [C] on the rails.
_ _ _ A man who lives out on [G] the highway _ _ _ is like a clock that [C] can't tell time.
_ _ A [F] man who spends his life just [C] rambling _ _ [G] is like a song without a [C] rhyme. _
_ Looking [G] back along the road I've traveled, [C] _ _ [G] all the miles could tell a million _ [C] tales.
_ _ Each year is [F] like some rolling freight [C] train _ _ [G] and cold as [C] starlight on the rails.
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[B] _ _ _ _ [G] _ [E] _ _ [C] _
_ _ [G] We walked [Db] along a road [E] in Cumberland and stooped because the [Bb] sky hung down so low.
And when we ran [E] away from London, we went by little rivers in a land just [Ab] big enough. _
And nowhere that we went was far.
[D] _ The earth and the sky were close and near.
And the old hunger returned, the [Eb] terrible and obscure [Db] hunger that haunts and hurts Americans
and makes us exiles at home and strangers wherever we go.
_ Oh, I will go up and down the country and back and forth across the country.
[Eb] I will go out west where the states are [E] square.
I will go to Boise and Helena, Albuquerque and the two Dakotas [C] and all the unknown [Abm] places.
_ _ [B] Say, brother, have you heard the roar of the fast express? _
[C] Have you seen starlight on the rails?
[N] _ _ [E] _
_ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [C] _ _ _ _ _ I can hear the whistle [Gm] blowing, [G] _
_ _ _ high and lonesome as [C] can [G] be.
[C] _ _ _
[F] Outside the rain is softly [G] falling.
[C] _ _ _ [G] Tonight _ it's falling just for [C] me. _ _ _
[G] Looking back along the road [C] I've traveled, _ _ [G] all the miles could tell a million [E] tales.
[C] _ _
Each [G] year is [F] like some rolling freight train [C] _ _ and [G]
cold as starlight on the [C] rails. _
_ _ I think about a [G] wife and family, _ _ a home and all the things it [C] means. _
_ The [F] black smoke trailing out [C] behind me _ _ [G] is like a spring of broken _ [C] dreams.
_ [G] Looking back _ along the road [C] I've traveled, _ _ [G] all the miles could tell a million tales. _
[C] _ _ Each year [F] is like some rolling freight [C] train _ [G] and _ cold as starlight [C] on the rails.
_ _ _ A man who lives out on [G] the highway _ _ _ is like a clock that [C] can't tell time.
_ _ A [F] man who spends his life just [C] rambling _ _ [G] is like a song without a [C] rhyme. _
_ Looking [G] back along the road I've traveled, [C] _ _ [G] all the miles could tell a million _ [C] tales.
_ _ Each year is [F] like some rolling freight [C] train _ _ [G] and cold as [C] starlight on the rails.
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