A Railroad Bum
A Railroad Bum

A Railroad Bum easy guitar chords by Jim Reeves

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    • Intro 1

    Verse 1
    I 
    used 
    to 
    be 
    a 
    railroad 

    bum 
    a 
    living 
    on 
    the 
    go 

    I 
    rode 
    freights 
    from 
    Canada 
    down 
    to 
    Mexico 

    From 
    sunny 
    Cal 
    to 
    Minnesot where 

    the 
    rippling 
    waters 
    falls 

    I 
    never 
    seemed 
    to 
    have 
    a 
    dime 

    but 
    I 
    had 
    myself 
    a 
    ball 

    Singing 
    hi 
    le 
    hi 
    lo 
    he 
    li le 
    li 
    lo 
    I 
    used 
    to 
    be 

    a 
    railroad 
    bum 
    but 
    I'm 
    not 
    any
    more 

    I 
    walked 
    in 
    the Silver 
    Dollar 

    in 
    Reno 
    one 
    night 

    Dropped 
    a 
    quarter 
    in 
    a 
    one 
    armed 

    bandit 
    the 
    lemons 
    lined 
    up 
    right 

    Took 
    my 
    winnings 
    then 
    played 
    poker 

    and 
    I 
    won 
    ten 
    thousand 
    more 

    I 
    used 
    to 
    be 
    a 
    railroad 
    bum 
    but 

    I'm 
    not 
    any
    more 

    Singing 
    hi 
    le 
    hi 
    lo 
    he 
    li 
    le 
    li 
    lo 
    I 
    used 
    to 
    be 
    a 

    railroad 
    bum 
    but 
    I'm 
    not 
    any
    more 

    [ guitar 
    - steel 
    ] 

    When 
    cotton's 
    white 
    in 
    Tennessee 

    and 
    shrimp 
    boats 
    sail 
    in 
    Maine 

    Peach 
    picking 
    time 
    soon 
    will 
    find 

    me 
    ridin' 
    a Georgia 
    train 

    Couse 
    I 
    get 
    restless 
    when 
    I'm 

    still 
    I 
    guess 
    I 
    always 
    will 

    Want 
    to 
    keep 
    traveling 
    all 
    my 

    life 
    over 
    another 
    hill 

    Singing 
    hi 
    le 
    hi 
    lo 
    he 
    li 
    le 
    li 
    lo 
    I 
    used 
    to 
    be 
    a 

    railroad 
    bum 
    but 
    I'm 
    not 
    any
    more 

    Singing 
    hi 
    le 
    hi 
    lo 
    he 
    li 
    le 
    li 
    lo 
    I 
    used 
    to 
    be 

    Outro 1
    a 
    railroad 
    bum 
    but 
    I'm 
    not 
    anymore 


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