Rolling western union chords by
Elton John
Elton John

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Key: G major
Verse 1
G
G

Are you rolling western union?
Interlude 1
Are you rolling?
G
G

C
C

G
G

Verse 2
G
G

I've served upon this railroad
C
C

for longer than I know
Bm
Bm

Em
Em

My father and his father did
C
C

the same thing long ago
D
D

G
G

To keep the western union rolling
C
C

down towards the sea
Bm
Bm

Em
Em

G
G

The benefit of this great line
C
C

G
G

was built for you and me
Verse 3
Em
Em

Bm
Bm

So rolling western union,
C
C

G
G

you can roll on to the sea
Em
Em

Bm
Bm

Ten thousand miles of beating steel,
C
C

D
D

has made a man out of me
Em
Em

In every state,
Bm
Bm

C
C

I've had a home of rivet with my hands
G
G

F
F

C
C

Oh, It's rolling western union,
rolling onwards
G
G

Onwards through our land
Verse 4
G
G

It's friends of mine who died
C
C

upon the building of this line
Bm
Bm

Em
Em

C
C

Irish men and China men and some
D
D

from the British isles
G
G

I've even seen the convicts
C
C

come to work here for a while
Bm
Bm

Em
Em

Before the law caught up with them
G
G

C
C

G
G

and sent them back to trial
Verse 5
Em
Em

Bm
Bm

So rolling western union,
C
C

G
G

you can roll on to the sea
Em
Em

Bm
Bm

Ten thousan miles of beating steel
C
C

D
D

has made a man out of me
Em
Em

In every state,
Bm
Bm

C
C

I've had a home of rivet with my hands
G
G

F
F

C
C

Oh, it's rolling western union,
rolling onwards
Am
Am

Onwards through our land
G
G

Verse 6
A
A

G
G

I had a wife while on the job,
Bb
Bb

and hundred miles on back
C
C

She died in Oklahoma and I
G
G

C
C

laid her by the track
G
G

I was left as a wooden cross
Bb
Bb

to upright on a mount
C
C

And everytime the train rolls past,
it rumble
Rock bottom of mine
G
G

Gm
Gm

G
G

Verse 7
Em
Em

Bm
Bm

So rolling western union,
C
C

G
G

you can roll on to the sea
Em
Em

Bm
Bm

Ten thousand miles of beating steel
C
C

D
D

has made a man out of me
Em
Em

In every state,
Bm
Bm

C
C

I've had a home of rivet with my hands
G
G

F
F

C
C

Oh, it's rolling western union,
Am
Am

rolling onwards
C
C

A
A

G
G

A
A

G
G

Onwards through our land
F
F

C
C

Yes, It's rolling western union,
rolling onwards
A
A

Onwards through our land
Outro 1
G
G

G
G

G
G

Dm
Dm

G
G

G
G

G
G

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