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Dusty Boxcar Wall

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These are just the basic chords he uses, add hammer-ons and pull-offs when necessary.
The Chords are the same for the chorus and the verses just repeat he same progression. 
the solo add the high g on the Em chord and just add a little flare to your strumming. 
Chorus
EmI’m going away my baby,D  D/A  D  D/A  
CI’m gonna leave B7you pretty galEm  
For a train passed by while you lay sleeping
I’ll write you a letter on a dusty boxcar wall
I once had a love in old Kentucky
I once had a love in sunny Tennessee
But a New York gal brought me pain and sadness
Now I’m here as lonely as I can be
Chorus
City women bring you grief and sorrow
Country girls are as sweet as they can be
City women are as cold as they are shallow
But a country girl’s love is as deep as the deep blue sea
Chorus
Oh when I die and go to heaven
That’ll be tha last train ride I’ll ever see
They’ll put a silver spike upon my gravestone
And my casket beneath a weeping willow tree

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Dusty Boxcar Wall

by Eric Andersen

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D/A

These are just the basic chords he uses, add hammer-ons and pull-offs when necessary.

The Chords are the same for the chorus and the verses just repeat he same progression.

the solo add the high g on the Em chord and just add a little flare to your strumming.

Chorus

Em D D/A D D/A

I’m going away my baby,

C B7 Em

I’m gonna leave you pretty gal

For a train passed by while you lay sleeping

I’ll write you a letter on a dusty boxcar wall

I once had a love in old Kentucky

I once had a love in sunny Tennessee

But a New York gal brought me pain and sadness

Now I’m here as lonely as I can be

Chorus

City women bring you grief and sorrow

Country girls are as sweet as they can be

City women are as cold as they are shallow

But a country girl’s love is as deep as the deep blue sea

Chorus

Oh when I die and go to heaven

That’ll be tha last train ride I’ll ever see

They’ll put a silver spike upon my gravestone

And my casket beneath a weeping willow tree

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