Rolling western union chords by Elton John
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Verse 1
Are you (G major) rolling western union?
Interlude 1
Are you rolling?
(G major) (C major) (G major)
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Verse 2
I've served upon this railroad (G major)
for (C major) longer than I know
My (B minor) father and his father (E minor) did
the same (C major) thing long ago
(D major) To (G major) keep the western union rolling
(C major) down towards the sea
The (B minor) benefit of this (E minor) great (G major) line
was (C major) built for you and me (G major)
Verse 3
So (E minor) rolling western union, (B minor)
you can (C major) roll on to the sea (G major)
Ten (E minor) thousand miles of beat (B minor) ing steel,
has made a man (C major) out of me (D major)
In (E minor) every state,
I've had (B minor) a home of (C major) rivet with my hands
Oh, It's rolling (G major) (F major) western (C major) union,
rolling onwards
Onwards through our (G major) land
Verse 4
(G major)
It's friends of mine who died
upon the (C major) building of this line
(B minor) Irish men and China (E minor) men and some (C major)
from the British isles (D major)
I've (G major) even seen the convicts
come to (C major) work here for a while
Be (B minor) fore the law caught up (E minor) with them
(G major) and sen (C major) t them back to trial (G major)
Verse 5
So (E minor) rolling western (B minor) union,
you can (C major) roll on to the sea (G major)
Ten (E minor) thousan miles of beat (B minor) ing steel
has made a man (C major) out of me (D major)
(E minor) In every state,
I've had (B minor) a home of (C major) rivet with my hands
Oh, it's rolling (G major) (F major) western (C major) union,
rolling onwards
Onwards through our (A minor) land
(G major)
Verse 6
(A major) I (G major) had a wife while on the job,
and (B flat major) hundred miles on back
She (C major) died in Oklahoma and I
laid (G major) her by the track (C major)
(G major) I was left as a wooden cross
to (B flat major) upright on a mount
And (C major) everytime the train rolls past,
it rumble
Rock bottom of mine
(G major) (G minor) (G major)
Verse 7
So (E minor) rolling western union, (B minor)
you can (C major) roll on to the sea (G major)
Ten (E minor) thousand miles of (B minor) beating steel
has made a man (C major) out of me (D major)
In (E minor) every state,
I've had (B minor) a home of (C major) rivet with my hands
Oh, it's rolling (G major) western (F major) (C major) union,
rolling onwards (A minor)
(C major) Onwards through our (A major) land (G major) (A major) (G major)
Yes, It's rolling (F major) western (C major) union,
rolling onwards
Onwards (A major) through our land
Outro 1
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(G major) (G major) (D minor)
(G major) (G major) (G major)
Rolling western union
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