Son of a Son of a Son of a Railway Man chords by Graeme Connors

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My grandfather's father
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was a carpenter by trade.
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He came over from Ireland
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because he could see a quid to be made.
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He worked the Queensland Railways
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till he died aged 44 of an accidental drown
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ing the third year of the Great War.
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Well, my grandfather followed suit
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and he worked for Queensland Rail
Seems my family took to steam
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like others took to sail
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To this day you'll find my old man
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still workin' trains
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Must have steel tracks
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and clickety -clacks
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runnin' through our veins
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I'm the son of the son
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of the son of a railway man
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They say I was conceived in a railway van
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Just the son of a son of a
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son of a railway man
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Oh yeah, come on Jimmy Buffett,
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beat that if you can
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so here
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I am singing songs about my family line
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shunting all those memories
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down a siding in my mind
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but sometimes in the dead of night
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when I hear a train whistle sound
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you know I can't help
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But feelin' I've let the family down
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Cause I'm the son of a son
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of a son of a railway man
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They say I was conceived in a railway van
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I'm just the son of a son
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of a son of a railway man
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Oh yeah, come on Jimmy Buffett,
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beat that if you can
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I'm the son of a son of a son
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of a railway man
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They say I was conceived in a railway van
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Just the son of a son of a son of a railway man,
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oh yeah
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Come on Jimmy Buffett,
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beat that if you can