Chords for The Brakeman's Blues--Jimmie Rodgers

_ [G] _ _ [A] _ [D] _ [G] _ [A] _ [G] _
_ Portland, Maine is just the same as sunny Tennessee.
_ _ _ [C] Portland, Maine is just the same as sunny [G] Tennessee. _ _ _
_ [D] Any old place I hang my hat is home sweet [G] home to me.
_ _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _
_ Hey, hey, hey, I went to the depot and looked up on the board.
_ [C] Went to the depot and looked up [G] on the board.
It says it's [C] good times, yeah, but [D] it's better [G] down the road.
_ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _
I'll eat my breakfast, yeah, get my dinner in New Orleans.
Right on down to Birmingham, [C] get my breakfast, yeah, get my dinner [G] in New Orleans.
_ _ I'm [D] gonna get me a mama Lord I [G] ain't never seen _
_ _ _ _ [D] _ [G] Where _
_ [C] _ _ [D] _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ was you mama when the train left the shed
Hey buddy [C] Where was you mama when the [G] train left the
shed Standing in [D] my front door
Wishing to God [G] I was dead
Oh, lady, _ [D]
lady, [G] lady If _ your house catch a fire
There ain't no water around Sing them blues, boy
If [C] your house catch a fire There ain't [G] no water around
_ Just put my trunk [D] out the window Let the house [G] burn on down
Oh, lady, _ [D]
lady, [G] lady _ If that's your mama
You better tie her to your side _ If [C] that's your mama
You better tie [G] her to your side Cause _ if [D] she flags my train
I'm sure gonna [G] let her ride Oh, lady, [D] _
lady, [G] lady
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