Tab Realm

I've Been Working On The Railroad by Johnny Cash


     I've Been Working On The Railroad 


Tuning:E A D G B E
Key:C
Capo:no capo

[Intro]
n.c
Down at the station early in the morning
See the little pufferbellies all in a row
Some folks go to work and others take vacations
One took Melinda to Cal-i-for-ni-o
Oh don't go Melinda, please don't go
You didn't see the teacake I brung you from the fair
 
[Walk up]    C
e|---------|------|
B|---------|------|
G|---------|------|
D|---------|------|
A|--0-2-3--|-3----|
E|-3-------|---3--|
 
[Verse 1]
C                                C7 F                 C
I've been workin' on the railroad   all the live long day
C                                          D              G
I've been workin' on the railroad, just to pass the time away
G7                          C         F                      C
Can't you hear the whistle blowin'?  Rise up so early in the morn
F                          C                G        C
Can't you hear the captain shoutin'? "Dinah blow your horn!"
 
[Verse 2]
C                     F
Dinah won't you blow, Dinah won't you blow
G                         C
Dinah won't you blow your horn
C                     F
Dinah won't you blow, Dinah won't you blow
G                         C
Dinah won't you blow your horn
 
[Key change to D]
(play the same strumming and switch to a D chord)
 
[Verse 3]
D
Someone's in the kitchen with Dinah
D                          A
Someone's in the kitchen I know
D                D7           G
Someone's in the kitchen with Dinah
A                A7      D
Strummin' on the old banjo
 
[Verse 4]
           D
A-playin' fee fi fiddle-y-i-o
D                 A
Fee fi fiddle-y-i-o-o-o-o
D     D7   G
Fee fi    fiddle-y-i-o
A                A7      D
Strummin' on the old banjo
 
[Strum once]
D   C
 
 
[Outro]
C            C
Some go to work and
G7           C
others take vacations
C               C
One of 'em took Melinda
  G7            C
to Cal-i-for-ni-o





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