Railroad Spikes chords by Graham Parker
Intro 1
G
D
G
Verse 1
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I was just out of school
where I didn't learn much
Looking for a job there
wasn't much as such
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Gave me a work on the family law
G
When the railroads came
Ebaug
just before the war
G
D
G
I had a city and couldn't ask for more
I hammered those spikes out of molten ore
And
Union
Pacific was screamin' for more
Shoulders got bigger,
Ebaug
my back got strong
Em
G
Em
G
Ebaug
Eb
Swing that hammer all day long
G
D
And the trains kept a- rollin'
G
and the work went on
D
Railroad spikes, railroad spikes
Em
Hammer, hammer,
G
C
hammer those railroad spikes
G
D
Railroad spikes, railroad spikes
C
G
D
Ooh, ooh, ooh, ooh, spikes
G
The old canals went right out of date
Along with penny fathoms
and wooden plates
Things started moving at
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incredible speed
Em
G
Like a locomotive fueled
Ebaug
G
Eb
on greed
D
G
Exploit the world to get what you need
All the families,
ladies and the gentlemen, friends
In the
Pullman cars comin' round the bend
The men kept working twenty-
Ebaug
Cm
Ebaug
four hours
Em
G
Em
Pounding their steel
G
Ebaug
G
Eb
and metal plows
D
They grew like weeds in the
G
summer showers
D
Railroad spikes, railroad spikes
Em
Hammer, hammer,
G
C
hammer those railroad spikes
G
D
C
Railroad spikes, railroad spikes
G
D
G
Ooh, railroad spikes
Eb
Cm
G
Ebaug
G
Eb
Cm
G
Eb
G
D
G
D
G
They were perfect, nice, out sleek
Just like snowflakes, out unique
Cm
They laid those tracks all
Ebaug
over the land
Em
North and south through the
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Rio
Grande
D
Henry
G
Ford had other plans
They took that metal and melted it down
For boats and planes and artillery rounds
Some of that metal made
bullets for sure
Railroad spikes might have won the war
Then you started dying for something
Ebaug
you could feel
Em
G
Eb
Creeping up upon you on four wheels
D
G
Just a final blow as the autumn all be
D
G
Final blow as the autumn all be
River of
Spice
D
River of
Spice
Em
Hammer, hammer, hammer goes
C
River of
Spice
G
River of
Spice
D
River of
Spice
C
G
Ooh, ooh, ooh
River of
Spice
D
River of
Spice
Em
Hammer, hammer, hammer goes
C
River of
Spice
G
River of
Spice
D
River of
Spice
Ooh, ooh, ooh
C
G
D
G
Those railroad spikes
Hammer, hammer, hammer
D
G
Those railroad spikes
Hammer, hammer, hammer
D
Those railroad spikes
G
Hammer, hammer
D
G
Those railroad spikes
Eb
Cm
Yeah, yeah
G
Hammer, hammer
Hammer
Who's
Ebaug
Hero of
Cm
G
Ebaug
G
Spikes?
Hammer
Hammer
Hammer
Eb
Who's of
G
Cm
G
Spikes?
Hammer
Hammer
Hammer
Who's the
G
Hero of
Eb
Cm
G
Cm
Spikes?
G
Hammer
Hammer
Who's the
Hero of
G
G
Spikes?
Hammer
Hammer
Who's of
Spikes?
Railroad Spikes
GRAHAM PARKER
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