Railroad Bill chords

Andrew Bird

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Railroad Bill, Railroad Bill 

  B7               C 
Never worked and he never will 

         G       D    G 
Im gonna ride, Railroad Bill. 





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Well, Railroad Bill was a mighty mean man 

 B7                        C 
Shot the light out of the brakemans hand 

          G       D      G 
Im gonna ride, that bad Railroad Bill. 





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Well Miss McMillan, she whooped and she squawked 

 B7                    C 
Thats my husband for I heard him fall 

          G       D      G 
Im gonna ride, that bad Railroad Bill. 





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Well I went down on Number One 

 B7              C 
Railroad Bill had just begun 

          G    D     G 
Im gonna ride, Railroad Bill. 




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Well I came back on Number Two 

 B7                  C 
Railroad Bill had just got through 

         G     D    G 
Im gonna ride, Railroad Bill. 




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Well I went down on Number Four 

B7                    C 
Someone let fly with a forty-four 

         G     D     G 
Im gonna ride, Railroad Bill. 





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Got a thirty-eight special in a forty-five frame 

B7                        C 
I aint gonna miss cause Ive got dead aim 

          G       D    G 
Im gonna ride, that bad Railroad Bill. 





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Well Railroad Bill, rolling down a hill 

B7                    C 
Lighting cigars with a ten-dollar bill 

         G       D     G 
Im gonna ride, that bad Railroad Bill. 





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Well, Railroad Bill says, Before I die, 

B7                              C 
Im gonna build a railroad for the bums to ride 

         G        D          G 
Im gonna ride, that bad Railroad Bill.