Intro: F Am Am C G G
F C
Well I used to pray to Jesus but I done backslid
G Am
Carrying the burdens of a preacher's kid
F C
Drinking at the pulpit and healing them lame
G Am
Daddy was a-riding on the old death train
F C
I had me a woman but she took my kid
G Am
When I gambled all our money on a moonshine still
F C
Now I drink my whiskey from a beat up flask
G Am
This train done departed and it's goin' fast
F C F C
Oh the wheels, they spin, they're faster than a speeding
G
Airplane on a sunny day
F C F C Am
And I can't break free cause I can't believe it's me
F C F C
So I'll take your bets, I'll try me walking down
G
A narrow line with a life like mine
F C F C Am
And you'll never see any boy as brave as me
F
Yeah I hope that this old railroad delivers me
F Am Am C G G
F C
I'm still the talk of this town, I'm still the roll of their dice
G Am
I found me a lover in a whorehouse wife
F C
She never knew her mama or the money I've known
G Am
Don't ever make a judgement if you ain't been shown
F G
You never walked in my shoes, you never understood
G Am
Why I was escaping anyway that I could
F C
Nobody knows I'm gonna ride these rails
G Am
'Til the dark comes over this prison cell
F C F C
Oh the wheels, they spin, they're faster than a speeding
G
Airplane on a sunny day
F C F C Am
And I can't break free cause I can't believe it's me
F C F C
So I'll take your bets, I'll try me walking down
G
A narrow line with a life like mine
F C F C Am
And you'll never see any boy as brave as me
F
Yeah I hope that this old railroad delivers me
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F C
Well, the truth came out and the church burned down
G Am
Daddy's heart stopped on the edge of this town
F C
I'm out here searching for that boy of my own
G Am
Don't ever make a judgement if you ain't been shown
F C F C
Oh the wheels, they spin, they're faster than a speeding
G
Airplane on a sunny day
F C F C Am
And I can't break free cause I can't believe it's me
F C F C
So I'll take your bets, I'll try me walking down
G
A narrow line with a life like mine
F C F C Am
And you'll never see any boy as brave as me
F
Yeah I hope that this old railroad delivers me
F Am C G G
F
Yeah I hope that this old railroad delivers me