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The Old Iron Trail

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CWell the old iron trail is a Frailroad track it Cruns all over our G7land
And CI had traveled every Ffoot of it G7before I was a Cman
My daddy told me Fstories he Ctold me some pretty wild G7tales
Of Clong ago when Fhe was a beau and Ctraveled G7the old iron Ctrail
And he said well there ain’t no sofas in a Fboxcar Cthere ain’t no feather G7bed
There Cain’t no carpet Ffor your feet G7no pillows to lay your Chead
There ain’t no milk and Fhoney Cthere ain’t no beer and G7ale
CLife is hell the Fbread is stale Cout on the G7old iron Ctrail
Well I’m just like my Fdaddy there’s Chobo blood in G7me
And Cthat old iron trail Fthat he knew so well G7soon was a-callin’ Cme
I traveled all over this Fcountry Cover ever hill and G7dale
CRiding on an Fold boxcar I Ctraveled the G7old iron Ctrail
I want’cha to know there ain't no sofas in a Fboxcar Cthere ain’t no feather G7bed
There Cain’t no carpet Ffor your feet G7no pillows to lay your Chead
There ain’t no milk and Fhoney Cthere ain’t no beer and G7ale
CLife is hell the Fbread is stale Cout on the G7old iron Ctrail
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Better listen to me boys it ain’t no life of Riley out there
Stay home never roam I know what I’m talking about
Wished I’d listened to my dad 
He’s a lot smarter than I gave him credit for
Yeah there ain’t no milk and Fhoney Cthere ain’t no beer and G7ale
CLife is hell the Fbread is stale Cout on the G7old iron Ctrail

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The Old Iron Trail

by Boxcar Willie

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C F C G7

Well the old iron trail is a railroad track it runs all over our land

C F G7 C

And I had traveled every foot of it before I was a man

F C G7

My daddy told me stories he told me some pretty wild tales

C F C G7 C

Of long ago when he was a beau and traveled the old iron trail

F C G7

And he said well there ain’t no sofas in a boxcar there ain’t no feather bed

C F G7 C

There ain’t no carpet for your feet no pillows to lay your head

F C G7

There ain’t no milk and honey there ain’t no beer and ale

C F C G7 C

Life is hell the bread is stale out on the old iron trail

F C G7

Well I’m just like my daddy there’s hobo blood in me

C F G7 C

And that old iron trail that he knew so well soon was a-callin’ me

F C G7

I traveled all over this country over ever hill and dale

C F C G7 C

Riding on an old boxcar I traveled the old iron trail

F C G7

I want’cha to know there ain't no sofas in a boxcar there ain’t no feather bed

C F G7 C

There ain’t no carpet for your feet no pillows to lay your head

F C G7

There ain’t no milk and honey there ain’t no beer and ale

C F C G7 C

Life is hell the bread is stale out on the old iron trail

Better listen to me boys it ain’t no life of Riley out there

Stay home never roam I know what I’m talking about

Wished I’d listened to my dad

He’s a lot smarter than I gave him credit for

F C G7

Yeah there ain’t no milk and honey there ain’t no beer and ale

C F C G7 C

Life is hell the bread is stale out on the old iron trail

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