Railroad Spikes chords by Graham Parker
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Intro 1
(G major) (D major)
(G major)
Verse 1
I was just (G major) out of school
where I didn't learn much
Looking for a job there
wasn't much as such
Gave me a work on the fam (E flataug) ily law
When the railroads (G major) came
just be (E flataug) fore the war
(G major) I (D major) had a city and couldn't ask for more (G major)
I hammered those spikes out of molten ore
And
Union
Pacific was screamin' for more
Shoulders got bigger,
my back (E flataug) got strong
Swing (E minor) (G major) that (E minor) hammer (G major) all (E flataug) day long (E flat major)
(G major) And the trains (D major) kept a- rollin'
and the work went on (G major)
Railroad spikes, (D major) railroad spikes
Ham (E minor) mer, hammer,
hammer (G major) those (C major) railroad spikes
(G major) Railroad spikes, (D major) railroad spikes
Ooh, ooh, ooh, (C major) (G major) ooh, spikes (D major)
(G major)
The old canals went right out of date
Along with penny fathoms
and wooden plates
Things started moving at
incred (E flataug) ible speed
Like (E minor) a locomotive (G major) fueled
(E flataug) on (G major) greed (E flat major)
Ex (D major) ploit the world to get what you need (G major)
All the families,
ladies and the gentlemen, friends
In the
Pullman cars comin' round the bend
The men kept working twenty-
(E flataug) four (C minor) hours (E flataug)
Pound (E minor) ing (G major) their steel (E minor)
(G major) and (E flataug) metal (G major) plows (E flat major)
They (D major) grew like weeds in the
summer shower (G major) s
Railroad spikes, (D major) railroad spikes
Ham (E minor) mer, hammer,
hammer (G major) those (C major) railroad spikes
(G major) Railroad spikes, (D major) railroad spikes (C major)
Ooh, (G major) railroad spikes (D major) (G major)
(E flat major) (C minor) (G major)
(E flataug) (G major) (E flat major)
(C minor) (G major)
(E flat major)
(G major) (D major) (G major) (D major)
(G major)
They were perfect, nice, out sleek
Just like snowflakes, out unique
They laid those tracks (C minor) all
over the land (E flataug)
(E minor) North and south through the
(E flataug) Rio
Grande
Henry (D major)
Ford had other plans (G major)
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
(E flataug) you could feel
Creeping (E minor) up upon you (G major) on (E flat major) four wheels
Just a final (D major) blow as the autumn all (G major) be
Final (D major) blow as the autumn all (G major) be
River of
Spice
(D major) River of
Spice
Ham (E minor) mer, hammer, hammer goes
(C major) River of
Spice
(G major) River of
Spice
(D major) River of
Spice
Ooh, ooh, (C major) (G major) ooh
River of
Spice
River (D major) of
Spice
Ham (E minor) mer, hammer, hammer goes
(C major) River of
Spice
(G major) River of
Spice
(D major) River of
Spice
Ooh, ooh, ooh
Those (C major) (G major) railroad spikes (D major) (G major)
Hammer, hammer, hammer
Those railroad spikes (D major) (G major)
Hammer, hammer, hammer
Those railroad spikes (D major)
(G major) Hammer, hammer
Those railroad spikes (D major) (G major)
Yeah, yeah (E flat major) (C minor)
(G major) Hammer, hammer
Hammer
Who's
Hero (E flataug) of
Spikes? (C minor) (G major) (E flataug) (G major)
Hammer
Hammer
Hammer
Who's (E flat major) of
Spikes? (G major) (C minor) (G major)
Hammer
Hammer
Hammer
Who's the
(G major) Hero of
Spikes? (E flat major) (C minor) (G major) (C minor)
(G major) Hammer
Hammer
Who's the
Hero of
Spikes? (G major) (G major)
Hammer
Hammer
Who's of
Spikes?
Railroad Spikes
GRAHAM PARKER
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