Key: C major
Verse 1
C
G
Railroad, yeah, that's for me.
Gonna get me a job on the railroad,
where there's a chance
to get ahead.
I hear they're hiring people
over in Dodge City,
not far from here.
I'm riding that way myself,
in the morning.
You got it, friend.
Maybe we'd better turn in early
and get a good night's sleep.
C
G
But as we got up and started walking
toward the door...
C
G
Baug
Hey, who do you think you're pushing?
Better step aside, friend.
G
F
I got no quarrel with you.
Oh, yeah?
Nobody pushes me around.
was deliberately picking a fight.
G
Bb
I hit the floor and looked up in time
D
G
to see the man on the balcony fall
G
D
E
Johnny had got him with one shot.
but didn't recognize him.
It wasn't Durand.
Thanks, Johnny.
You saved my life.
while the other one was trying to
He's disappeared.
Think they were working
for the man you're after,
Bart Duran?
D
G
Yes, and I'm afraid you've made a dangerous enemy,
F
Johnny.
Don't worry about me.
I can take care of myself.
After we got to Dodge City,
I didn't see Johnny again
and up into Nebraska trailing Duran,
Then I heard he'd been seen
in Oklahoma,
G
C
so I headed south.
That's when I came across
Johnny again,
D
C
working on a railroad con
struction crew,
G
C
laying down track for a new line.
I've been working on the railroad
F
C
all the little old day.
I've been working on the railroad
D
G
just to pass the time away.
F
E
rise up so early in the morn,
F
C
can't you hear the captain shouting,
F
C
G
C
line up for your own.
I've been working on the railroad
F
C
all the live long day.
I've been working on the railroad,
D
G
just to pass the time away.
F
E
Rise up so early in the morn.
F
C
Can't you hear the captain shouting?
F
G
C
I look for your horn.
F
C
E
all the live -long day
C
E
I've been workin' on the railroad
C
D
just to pass the time away
G
C
Don't you hear the whistle blowing?
F
E
Rise up so early in the morn.
F
C
Can't you hear the captain shouting?
F
C
G
C
Rise up, blow your horn!
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