The Stray Birds - Railroad Man

      Railroad Man     Capo IV Key of E

[Verse]
C                F              C
I haven’t let my hair down in a while
F                           C
Since it caught fire in the coals
F                            C    G/B  Am
I turned around and walked a back road mile
G    F                   G
With all the ashes in my soul

[Verse 2]
C                F              C
I haven’t felt a cold dawn in a while
F                         C
Long time they were all I knew
F                    C  G/B  Am
Been holdin’ on to a newborn child
G     F                     G
Whose eyes are askin’ after you

[Chorus]
   F        G
Oh railroad man
          C  G/B    Am
I’ve been trying to stand
          F       G           F
Where the morning stars might fall
   F        G
Oh railroad man
         C  G/B      Am
Will you do what you can
F           G     F
To remember me at all
   C        G     C
To remember me at all

[Verse 3]
C                F              C
If you come looking I might warn you
F                         
These tears don't leave an easy trai
F                    C  G/B  Am
I cut my heart out of my calico sleeve
G   F                     G
And then, I put it up for sale

[Chorus]
   F        G
Oh railroad man
          C  G/B    Am
I’ve been trying to stand
          F       G           F
Where the morning stars might fall
   F        G
Oh railroad man
         C  G/B      Am
Will you do what you can
F           G     F
To remember me at all
   C        G     C
To remember me at all