C Sections and Railway Trestles chords by
The Avett Brothers

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Key: Db major•

Intro 1

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F

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C

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Verse 1

F

F

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Bum- bum,

G

G

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bum- ba- dum- ba- dum

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F

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C

C

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F

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Bum- bum, bum- ba- dum- ba- dum

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Bum- bum, bum- ba- dum- ba- dum,

C

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dum

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Bum- bum, bum- ba- dum- ba- dum

C

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Bum- bum, bum- ba- dum- ba- dum

G

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Bum- bum, bum- ba- dum- ba- dum,

C

C

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dum

Verse 2

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F

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You're long and strong like

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C

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a railway trestle

Dad's just a muscle and

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F

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mama just a vessel

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C

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Meant to call, fawn over, nuzzle and nestle

But dad's just a bear you can

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F

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tackle down and wrestle

Son, give me time I'm a

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C

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bona fide mess'll

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F

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If mama says no, maybe dad'll say yes'll

Did you do wrong? Well,

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C

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go ahead, confess'll

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C

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Dad just a muscle and mama just a vessel

Verse 3

C

C

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C

C

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You all blue and your mama like a rattle

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Came out looking like a Smurf in a battle

Me in the nosebleeds,

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mama in the saddle

Brave like a Sioux brave

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going into battle

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Emotion going like a stampede of cattle

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Real like rain and coffee in

Seattle

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Anesthesiologist fiddle and faddle

Bb

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C

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You all blue and your mama like a rattle

Verse 4

F

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Bum- bum, bum- ba- dum- ba- dum

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Bum- bum, bum- ba- dum- ba- dum

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Bum- bum, bum- ba- dum- ba- dum,

C

C

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dum

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Bum- bum, bum- ba- dum- ba- dum

C

C

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Bum- bum, bum- ba- dum- ba- dum

G

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C

C

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Bum- bum, bum- ba- dum- ba- dum, dum

Verse 5

F

F

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C

C

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Oh, life so clear like a Rivera mural

F

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Lucifer's teeth introduce the epidural

Doctor Jones,

C

C

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do you need a heaven referral?

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God sent you down to me and my girl

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C

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She's long and tall and healthy as hell

But the plan went to hell

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when the little fella fell

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C

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Bb

Bb

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Boy went headfirst into her pelvis

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C

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1956, shakin' like Elvis

Verse 6

C

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C

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Yesterday- born and already thinkin'

Body like a Ford and a

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mind like a Lincoln

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C

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Mama and papa in love and sinkin'

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Into a brand new situation drinkin' up

Coffee like a fish on the

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C

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second and third shift

Loving every single ever-

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loving minute of this

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Standing ovation for the OR specialist

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Let me get close,

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wanna give my son one kiss

Verse 7

On his head

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Bum- bum, bum- ba- dum- ba- dum

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Bum- bum, bum- ba- dum- ba- dum

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Bum- bum, bum- ba- dum-

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ba- dum, dum

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Bum- bum, bum- ba- dum- ba- dum

C

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Bum- bum, bum- ba- dum- ba- dum

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C

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Bum- bum, bum- ba- dum- ba- dum, dum

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Planning for the

Verse 8

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fu

ture; health and dental

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Picking up my baby boy easy and gentle

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Soup for the family, sausage and lentil

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Beans and greens, arugula and fentel

Don't never sleep,

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I'm about to go mental

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But nothing so far has been accidental

Can't keep my life,

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so it's gotta be a rental

Bb

Bb

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C

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Picking up my baby boy, easy and gentle

Verse 9

F

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Oh, you're long and strong

C

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like a railway trestle

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Dad just a muscle and mama

just a vessel

Meant to call, fawn over,

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C

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cuddle and nestle

But dad's just a bear you can

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F

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tackle down and wrestle

You can have a pop- tent or

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C

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you can have a castle

Try to change people but it's

F

F

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gonna be a hassle

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Don't have to be an astronaut for NASA

But it's always good to get

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a gown and a tassel

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Son, have fun with your life it's a drama

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Just one period and all

kinds of commas

Now you got a onesie but

C

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then you get pajamas

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You know you've got me

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And you know you've got your mama

Verse 10

F

F

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Bum- bum, bum- ba- dum- ba- dum

C

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F

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Bum- bum, bum- ba- dum- ba- dum

G

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Bum- bum, bum- ba- dum- ba- dum,

C

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dum

F

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Bum- bum, bum- ba- dum- ba- dum

C

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Bum- bum, bum- ba- dum- ba- dum

G

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Gm

Gm

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C

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Bum- bum- bum- bum- bum

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The original key of C Sections and Railway Trestles by The Avett Brothers is Db major.

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Yes, this version uses open chords like Gb, Db, Ab, Cb, making it a great song for beginner guitarists.

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