Jerry Jeff Walker
Railroad Lady

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     Chorus:
                 F                 C
     She’s a railroad lady, just a little bit shady,
                  G7          C     C7
     Spending her days on the train,
             F                         C        
     She’s a semi good looker, but the fast rails they took her,
             G7                     F   G7    C
     Now she tryin’, just tryin’ to get home again.

      C          C7            F                C
South Station in Boston to the freight yards of Austin,
                                    G7
Florida sunshine to the New Orleans rain, 
C            C7              F         C
Now that the rail packs have taken the best tracks,
                             G7        C     C7
She’s tryin’ just tryin’, to get home again.

     Repeat Chorus

       C            C7     F            C
Once a high-ballin’ loner, thought he’d own her,
                                        G7
Bought her a fur coat and a big diamond ring,
    C              C7              F           C
She hocked ‘em for cold cash, left town on the Wabash,
                                   G7            C     C7
Never thinkin’, never thinkin’, of home way back then.

     Repeat Chorus

        C             C7         F           C
But the rails are now rusty, the dining cars dusty,
                                     G7
Gold plated watches have taken their toll,
         C             C7            F          C
Well the railroads are dyin’ and the lady she’s cryin’,
                         G7              C       C7
On a bus to Kentucky for home that’s her goal

     Chorus 2:

                 F                 C
     She’s a railroad lady, just a little bit shady,
                     G7          C     C7
     Spent her whole life on the trains,
            F                             C        
     Once a Pullman car traveler, now the brakemen won’t have her,
              G7                  F   G7    C
     She’s tryin’, just tryin’ to get home again.
           C           G7             F    G7   C
     Yeah, on a bus to Kentucky, then home once again.