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RAILROAD MAN
by EELS
on album "blinking lights and other revelations"
tabbed by ludwig jossieaux (ludwigmk@masiaka.net)
if you want to play at the same pitch as the version on the album,
you have to play the following chords shapes with a capo at the
fifth fret.
EADGBe
C [ 032010 ]
C/B [ 020010 ]
F [ 033210 ]
Am [ 002210 ]
G [ 320003 ]
Fmaj7 [ 003210 ]
C C/B
F Am G (2x)
C C/B
feel like an old railroad man
F Am G
ridin' out on the bluemont line
C C/B
hummin' along old dominion blues
F Am G
not much to see and not much left to lose
Fmaj7 C
and i know i can walk along the tracks
Am Fmaj7
it may take a little longer but i'll know
G C C/B F Am G
how to find my way back
C C/B
i feel like an old railroad man
F Am G
who's really tried the best that he can
C C/B
to make his life add up to something good
F Am G
but this engine no longer burns on wood
Fmaj7 C
and i guess i may never understand
Am
the times that i live in
Fmaj7 G C C/B F Am G
are not made for a railroad man
C C/B
F Am G
C C/B
i feel like an old railroad man
F Am G
getting on board at the end of an age
C C/B
the station's empty and the whistle blows
F
things are faster now
Am G
and this train is just too slow
Fmaj7 C
and i know i can walk along the tracks
Am Fmaj7
it may take a little longer but i'll know
G C C/B F Am G
how to find my way back
C C/B
F Am G (10x)
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