Railroad Man

RAILROAD MAN

by EELS

on album "blinking lights and other revelations"

tabbed by ludwig jossieaux ([email protected])

if you want to play at the same pitch as the version on the album,

you have to play the following chords shapes with a capo at the

fifth fret.

EADGBe

C [ 032010 ]

C/B [ 020010 ]

F [ 033210 ]

Am [ 002210 ]

G [ 320003 ]

Fmaj7 [ 003210 ]

C C/B

F Am G (2x)

C C/B

feel like an old railroad man

F Am G

ridin' out on the bluemont line

C C/B

hummin' along old dominion blues

F Am G

not much to see and not much left to lose

Fmaj7 C

and i know i can walk along the tracks

Am Fmaj7

it may take a little longer but i'll know

G C C/B F Am G

how to find my way back

C C/B

i feel like an old railroad man

F Am G

who's really tried the best that he can

C C/B

to make his life add up to something good

F Am G

but this engine no longer burns on wood

Fmaj7 C

and i guess i may never understand

Am

the times that i live in

Fmaj7 G C C/B F Am G

are not made for a railroad man

C C/B

F Am G

C C/B

i feel like an old railroad man

F Am G

getting on board at the end of an age

C C/B

the station's empty and the whistle blows

F

things are faster now

Am G

and this train is just too slow

Fmaj7 C

and i know i can walk along the tracks

Am Fmaj7

it may take a little longer but i'll know

G C C/B F Am G

how to find my way back

C C/B

F Am G (10x)