Key: A major•
Verse 1
Dm
D
All the way out to Frisco's
A
C#m
end of land sadness
A
Bm
A
E
Octo ber in the railroad earth
G
E
A
October in the railroad earth
Jack Kerouac gettin' high on a fifth
of Cheap Toe K,
His shadow on the shades
near the Southern Pacific Station
Old bums with tattoos from Singapore
Flophouse afternoons of old
warped wood America
October in the railroad earth
A
D
Out where the freight trains still roll
D
A
Chicago to the stockyards of Fort Worth
Verse 2
Bm
E
October in the Railroader
Verse 3
G
E
A
October in the Railroader
Verse 4
near the peanut butter jar
Verse 5
Verse 6
coffee on a hot plate
Verse 7
E
A
October in the Railroader
Verse 8
with his brakeman's Leonard
He stares at a hooker
Three eggs for a dime
and that lumberjack stew
D
E
A
October in the railroader
E
A
fame really worth?
D
E
Light a candle for his soul
A
D
in some old Mexican church
A
E
October in the railroad,
A
E
and you talk
A
E
A
Well, Jack bottoms out in Big Sur
Up in Ferlinghetti's cab
Tries to hitchhike,
His wife is taking him sewing
To pay his bills and his bar tab
Jack is gone in October
Sixty -two dollars in the bank
And he's buried near
Gettin' beat up outside of bars
Passin' out in cars
He left his blood soaked
D
E
A
October in the railroad earth
E
A
fame really worth?
D
E
Light a candle for his soul
A
D
In some old Mexicali church
A
E
A
October in the Railroader
D
A
Chicago to the stockyards of Fort Worth
Bm
E
October in the Railroader
G
Em
A
October in the Railroader
On the road, Dharma Buns, Tristesa
Visions of Cody, Mexico City
Book of Dreams, Dr. Sax,
Lonesome Traveler, Some of the Dots
Desolation Angels,
Visions of Girard,
Town in the City,
Visions of Cody,
the hippos were boiled in their tanks, yeah
Desolation angels
Visions of Gerard
The subterraneans
Dr. Sacks
Thank
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TunerE A D G B E
ChordsD A Dm C#m Bm...
D
A
Dm
C#m
Bm
E
G
Em
Capo: 2
Transpose: 0
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