{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2704896,"song":"Railroad Song","artist":"Jim Croce","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11526742-railroad-song-chords-by-jim-croce/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2704896?type=chord","rating":4.89016,"votes":22,"content":"[Intro]\r\n[ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Dsus2[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Dsus2[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Dsus2[/ch]  [ch]D[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]              [ch]Bm[/ch]   [ch]G[/ch]                    [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]Dsus2[/ch]\r\n  When I was a boy    in the days of the train,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                  [ch]Bm[/ch]                     [ch]A[/ch]\r\n  I'd sit by the tracks on a long summer day,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                      [ch]G[/ch]                               [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]Dsus2[/ch]\r\n  And I'd wave at the brakeman, and he'd wave back at me,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]Bm[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]Dsus2[/ch]\r\n  While the thunderclouds rolled    out of East Tennessee.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]                    [ch]Bm[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]Dsus2[/ch]\r\n  But the dreams of a boy    disappear when you're grown,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                 [ch]Bm[/ch]                       [ch]A[/ch]\r\n  And though I may dream, the railroads are gone,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                   [ch]G[/ch]                               [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]Dsus2[/ch]\r\n  The ties, they are rotting, and the tracks shot to hell,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]             [ch]Bm[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]                      [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]Dsus4[/ch]\r\n  Along with my dreams     and the old railroad bell.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]Dsus2[/ch]\r\n  In my dreams I ride the rails to California,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]Dsus2[/ch]\r\n  Workin' diners and farms along the way,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]Dsus2[/ch]\r\n  Or I'd hop a ride to hide across the border,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\n  With a black-eyed girl beside me all the way.[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]N.C.                        [ch]Bm[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]Dsus2[/ch]\r\n  But now the mountains are silent,    and the railroads are gone,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]Bm[/ch]                        [ch]A[/ch]\r\n  And the coal towns no longer hear the miners at dawn,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]  [ch]Dsus2[/ch]\r\n  But the train whistle shrills out her memories to me,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]Bm[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]Dsus4[/ch]\r\n  While the thunderclouds roll    out of East Tennessee.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                         [ch]G[/ch]        [ch]A[/ch]   [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]Dsus2[/ch]\r\n  In my dreams I ride the rails to California,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                    [ch]G[/ch]      [ch]A[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]   [ch]Dsus2[/ch]\r\n  Workin' diners and farms along the way,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                      [ch]G[/ch]     [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]D[/ch]      [ch]Dsus2[/ch]\r\n  Or I'd hop a ride to hide across the border,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                          [ch]G[/ch]       [ch]A[/ch]          [ch]D[/ch]\r\n  With a black-eyed girl beside me all the way.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 4]\r\n[tab]N.C.                        [ch]Bm[/ch]       [ch]G[/ch]                       [ch]D[/ch]    [ch]Dsus2[/ch]\r\n  But now the mountains are silent,    and the railroads are gone,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                       [ch]Bm[/ch]                        [ch]A[/ch]\r\n  And the coal towns no longer hear the miners at dawn,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                        [ch]G[/ch]                           [ch]D[/ch]\r\n  But the train whistle shrills out her memories to me,[/tab]\r\n[tab]                          [ch]Bm[/ch]    [ch]A[/ch]                  [ch]D[/ch]    \r\n  While the thunderclouds roll    out of East Tennessee.[/tab]","plain_text":"[Intro]\nD  Dsus2  D  Dsus2  D  Dsus2  D\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 4]","chords":["D","Dsus2","Bm","G","A","Dsus4","C"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Bm":{"barres":[2],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,1,3,4,2,1],"frets":[-1,2,4,4,3,2]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"Dsus2":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,2,0],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,0]},"Dsus4":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,2,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,3]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}