Key: C
Introduction:
F C
She's a railroad lady, just a little bit shady,
G7 C C7
Spending her days on the train.
F C
She's a semi good-looker, but the fast rails they took 'er,
G7 F G7 C
Now she's tryin', just tryin' to get home again.
C C7 C
South Station in Boston to the freight yards of Austin,
G7
From the Florida sunshine to the New Orleans rain.
C C7 F C
Now that the rail packs have taken the best tracks,
G7 C C7
She's tryin', just tryin' to get home again.
Chorus
C G7 F C
Once a highballin' loner, he thought he could own 'er,
G7
Bought her a fur coat and a big diamond ring.
C C7 F C
She hocked them for cold cash, left town on the Wabash,
G7 C C7
Never thinkin', never thinkin' of home 'way back then.
C C7 F C
But the rails are now rusty, the dining cars dusty,
G7
The gold plated watches have taken their toll.
C C7 F C
The railroads are dying, and the lady, she's crying,
G7 C C7
On a bus to Kentucky, and home that's her goal.
F C
She's a railroad lady, just a little bit shady,
G7 C C7
Spending her life on the trains.
F C
Once a Pullman car trav'ler, now the brakeman won't have her,
G7 F G7 C
She's tryin', just tryin' to get home again.
C G7 F G7 C F G7 C
Yeah, on a bus to Kentucky, then home - once - again.