Boxcars

(Em)Well, I gave all my money to the banker this month Now I (Am)got no more money to (Em)spend She smiled when she saw me comin' throught that door When I (C)left, she said (B7)"Come back again" Well I (Em)watched some lonesome boxcar wheels (Am)turnin' down the tracks out of (Em)town And it's on that lonesome railroad track I'm (C)gonna lay my (B7)burden (Em)down I (Em)looked for my little lady in the lost and found But (Am)she had already been (Em)claimed I'm gonna find me a ticket to ride Through a (C)town that never (B7)had no name (Em)Nobody may care where I go tonight But (Am)baby if the truth be (Em)told I'm goin down to the railroad tracks Watch them (C)lonesome (B7)boxcars (Em)roll I was (Em)raised on a farm the first years of my life And (Am)life was pretty good, they (Em)say I'll probably live to be some ripe old age If that (C)dirty dog death won't (B7)stay outa my way (Em)This world can take my money and my time But it (Am)sure can't take my (Em)soul An' I'm goin' down to the railroad tracks Watch them (C)lonesome (B7)boxcars (Em)roll There's some (Em)big ol' Buicks by the Baptist Church (Am)Cadillacs at the Church of (Em)Christ I parked my camel by an ol' haystack I'll be (C)lookin' for that needle all (B7)night You know there (Em)ain't a gonna be no radial tires (Am)turnin' down the streets of (Em)gold I'm goin' down to the railroad tracks Watch them (C)lonesome (B7)boxcars (Em)roll Have you (Em)ever hear the whistle on a fast freight train (Am)beatin' out a beautiful (Em)tune If you ever seen the cold blue railroad tracks (C)shinin' by the (B7)light of the moon If you (Em)ever felt the locomotive shake the ground (Am)I know you don't need to be (Em)told Why I'm goin' down to the railroad tracks Watch them (C)lonesome (B7)boxcars (Em)roll