Rolling western union chords by Elton John

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Verse 1

Are you rolling western union?

Interlude 1

Are you rolling?

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Verse 2

I've served upon this railroad

for longer than I know

My father and his father did

the same thing long ago

To keep the western union rolling

down towards the sea

The benefit of this great line

was built for you and me

Verse 3
Em 
Bm 
So rolling western union,
C 
G 
you can roll on to the sea
Em 
Bm 
Ten thousand miles of beating steel,
C 
D 
has made a man out of me
Em 
In every state,
Bm 
C 
I've had a home of rivet with my hands
G 
F 
C 
Oh, It's rolling western union,
rolling onwards
G 
Onwards through our land

Verse 4
G 
It's friends of mine who died
C 
upon the building of this line
Bm 
Em 
C 
Irish men and China men and some
D 
from the British isles
G 
I've even seen the convicts
C 
come to work here for a while
Bm 
Em 
Before the law caught up with them
G 
C 
G 
and sent  them back to trial

Verse 5
Em 
Bm 
So rolling western union,
C 
G 
you can roll on to the sea
Em 
Bm 
Ten thousan miles of beating steel
C 
D 
has made a man out of me
Em 
In  every state,
Bm 
C 
I've had a home of rivet with my hands
G 
F 
C 
Oh, it's rolling western union,
rolling onwards
Am 
Onwards through our land
G 

Verse 6
A 
G 
I had a wife while on the job,
Bb 
and hundred miles on back
C 
She died in Oklahoma and I
G 
C 
laid her by the track
G 
I  was left as a wooden cross
Bb 
to upright on a mount
C 
And everytime the train rolls past,
it rumble
Rock bottom of mine
G 
Gm 
G 

Verse 7
Em 
Bm 
So rolling western union,
C 
G 
you can roll on to the sea
Em 
Bm 
Ten thousand miles of beating steel
C 
D 
has made a man out of me
Em 
In every state,
Bm 
C 
I've had a home of rivet with my hands
G 
F 
C 
Oh, it's rolling western union,
Am 
rolling onwards
C 
A 
G 
A 
G 
Onwards through our land
F 
C 
Yes, It's rolling western union,
rolling onwards
A 
Onwards through our land