Railroad Lady chords by Merle Haggard, The Strangers

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Intro 1

Verse 1

(Jimmy Buffett - Jerry Jeff

Walker)

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Verse 2

She's a railroad lady just

a little bit'shady

Spending her days on a train

She's the semi good looker but

the fast rails they took her

Now she's trying just trying

to get home again.

Verse 3
South station in Boston to
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C 
the stockyards  (F major) of  (C major) Austin
From the Florida sunshine to
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the New Orleans rain  (G major) 
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Now  (C major) that the rail packs have
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C 
 (F major) taken the best  (C major) tracks
She's trying just trying to
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 (G major) get back home again.
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 (C major) 

Verse 4
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She's a railroad  (F major) lady just a
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 (C major) little bit'shady  (G major) 
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Spending her days on a train  (C major) 
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She's the semi  (F major) good looker but
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the fast  (C major) rails they took her
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Now she's  (G major) trying just trying
to get home again.
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 (C major) 

Verse 5
Once a high- balling loner
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thought  (F major) he could own  (C major) her
He bought her a fur coat
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and a big dimaond ring  (G major) 
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But she  (C major) hug in for cold cash left
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C 
 (F major) town on the Wabash  (C major) 
Never thinking never thinking
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C 
of home  (G major) way back  (C major) then.

Verse 6
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But the rails  (C major) are now rusty the
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 (F major) dining car's dusty  (C major) 
The gold bladed watches
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are taking their  (G major) gold
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The  (C major) railroads're dying
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and the  (F major) lady is cry (C major) ing
On a bus to Kentucky and
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home  (G major) that's her goal.
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 (C major) 

Verse 7
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She's a  (F major) railroad lady just a
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 (C major) little bit'shady  (G major) 
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Spending her days on a  (C major) train
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C 
Once a pull  (F major) man car driver not a  (C major) 
breakment won't have her
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She's trying  (G major) just trying to
get back home again.
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 (C major) 