A Railroad Bum chords by Jim Reeves

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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I  (C major) used to be a railroad
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bum a living on the  (G major) go
I rode freights from Canada down to Mexico
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 (C major) From sunny Cal to Minnesot where
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the rippling waters falls  (G major) 
I never seemed to have a dime
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but I had myself a ball  (C major) 
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Singing hi le hi lo he li le li lo  (G major) I used to be
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a railroad bum but I'm not anymore  (C major) 
I walked in the Silver Dollar
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in Reno one night  (G major) 
Dropped a quarter in a one armed
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bandit the lemons lined up right  (C major) 
Took my winnings then played poker
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and I won ten thousand  (G major) more
I used to be a railroad bum but
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I'm not anymore  (C major) 
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Singing hi le hi lo he li le li lo  (G major) I used to be a
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railroad bum but I'm not anymore  (C major)  (G major)  (C major) 
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[ guitar - steel  (G major)  (C major) ]
When cotton's white in Tennessee
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and shrimp boats sail in  (G major) Maine
Peach picking time soon will find
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me ridin' a Georgia train  (C major) 
Couse I get restless when I'm
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still I guess I always  (G major) will
Want to keep traveling all my
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life over another hill  (C major) 
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Singing hi le hi lo he li le li lo  (G major) I used to be a
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railroad bum but I'm not anymore  (C major) 
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Singing hi le hi lo he li le li lo  (G major) I used to be