Raised by the Railroad chords by Chris LeDoux

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Intro 1

Verse 1
D 
G 
The clickety sound  (D major)  (G major) of the
D 
southbound  (D major) freight
And the high speed hum of
A 
a passenger train  (A major) 
D 
Becomes a part of the soul  (D major) 
Bm 
and a heart and the  (B minor) mind
F#m 
Of a boy who's  (F sharp minor) raised
A 
D 
A 
 (A major) by the railroad  (D major) line  (A major) 
D 
 (D major) The sound of

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Verse 2

a whistle at the

crossin' road

And the tanks and the trucks and the

tractors on the flatcar load

Becomes a part of the soul

and a heart and the mind

Of a boy who's raised

by the railroad line

Verse 3
G 
And the big round  (G major) penny that you
F#m 
Em 
 (F sharp minor) lay   on the  (E minor) rails
A 
D 
And the  (A major) wheels mash  (D major) flat
G 
F#m 
And a glimpse of the  (G major) faces of the  (F sharp minor) ladies
Em 
And the pic (E minor) ture of the men
D 
A 
in the  (D major) engineer's  (A major) hat

Verse 4
D 
And the brakeman waves  (D major) 
G 
from the  (G major) red caboose
D 
 (D major) He's a part of the past,
A 
never quite turns  (A major) loose
D 
It's a part of the soul  (D major) and
Bm 
a heart and the  (B minor) mind
F#m 
A 
Of a boy who's  (F sharp minor) raised  (A major) by the railroad
D 
A 
 (D major) line  (A major) 
D 
Bm 
F#m 
A 
 (D major)  (B minor)  (F sharp minor)  (A major) 

Verse 5
D 
 (D major) 
G 
And the big round  (G major) penny that you
F#m 
Em 
 (F sharp minor) lay   on the  (E minor) rails
A 
D 
And the  (A major) wheels mash  (D major) flat
G 
And a glimpse of the  (G major) faces
F#m 
of the  (F sharp minor) ladies
Em 
And the pic (E minor) ture of the men
D 
A 
in the  (D major) engineer's  (A major) hat

Verse 6
D 
And the brakeman  (D major) waves
G 
from the  (G major) red caboose
D 
 (D major) He's a part of the past,
A 
never quite turns  (A major) loose
D 
It's a part of the soul  (D major) and
Bm 
a heart and the  (B minor) mind
F#m 
A 
Of a boy who's  (F sharp minor) raised  (A major) by the
D 
railroad  (D major) line

Verse 7
D 
G 
The clickety sound  (D major)  (G major) of the
D 
southbound  (D major) freight
And the high speed hum of
A 
a passenger train  (A major) 
D 
Becomes a part of the  (D major) soul
Bm 
and a heart and the  (B minor) mind
D 
Of a  (D major) boy who's raised by the railroad line