Key: D major•
Intro 1
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Verse 1
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for the New Jersey Railroad
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I got laid off 'cause
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the times weren't good
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Bm
My unemployment sixty-five dollars
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dollars
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Sixty-five dollars dollars don't buy
Interlude 1
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Verse 2
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I've got a weakness for
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bottle every day
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Bm
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Lord, it's wrecking my body
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But it helps make those long,
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lonely hours slip away
Verse 3
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I used to be a railroad man
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And I'm damn proud of it, too
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I did more work in a working day
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Than any two men could do
Verse 4
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Foreman said I drank too much
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I said that's just s half-way true
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true
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I drink half as much as my daddy did
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And twice as much as you
Interlude 2
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Verse 5
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I used to have me a
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And called her my own
Verse 6
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She started packing when
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I started drinking
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Now I'm drunk and I'm busty
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And I'm here all alone
Verse 7
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I used to be a railroad man
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And I'm damn proud of it, too
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I did more work in a working day
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Than any two men could do
Verse 8
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Foreman said I drank too much
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And at last I know it's true
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But I'm too far gone to change now
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Ain't nothing I can do
Outro 1
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsD C G Bm A
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