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Railroad Bill - Andrew Bird
Traditional
Hands of Glory
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CAPO 3
Throughout the song, the guitar plays a variation of travis picking (tabbed out below).
You can either fingerpick or play chords.
INTRO
E G# A E B7
e|-----------------------------------4-------------5----------------0h2---2--|
B|--0---0---0---0--------0--------4-------7-5---5---------------0-------0---0|
G|----1---1---1---2-0h1-1-----4h5-------5----6----6--6------0h1---1----------|
D|--2--2-2---2--2-2-2---------6----6-------------7--7-------2----2-----1---1-|
A|------------------------------------------------------------------2----2---|
E|-0-0--0--0---0-0-----0---2s4---4---4-4-4---5-5---5---5-4-0---0-------------|
E
e|-------0-------------------------------------------------------------------|
B|--0--------0---------------------------------------------------------------|
G|----1-1--1---1-------------------------------------------------------------|
D|--2--2--2---2-------repeat-x1----------------------------------------------|
A|---------------------------------------------------------------------------|
E|-0-0---0--0----------------------------------------------------------------|
VERSE
E
Railroad Bill, Railroad Bill
G# A
Never worked and he never will
E B7
I'm gonna ride
E
Railroad Bill
E
Well Railroad Bill was a mighty mean man
G# A
Shot the light out the brakeman's hand
E B7
I'm gonna ride that bad
E
Railroad Bill
E
Well Miss McMillan, she whooped and she squawked
G# A
That's my husband for I heard him fall
E B7
I'm gonna ride that bad
E
Railroad Bill
GUITAR BREAK
A B7 E (repeat x 2)
VERSE
E
Well I went down on Number One
G# A
Railroad Bill had just begun
E B7
I'm gonna ride
E
Railroad Bill
E
Well I came back on Number Two
G# A
Railroad Bill had just got through
E B7
I'm gonna ride
E
Railroad Bill
E
Well I went down on Number Four
G# A
Someone let fly with a forty-four
E B7
I'm gonna ride
E
Railroad Bill
VIOLIN SOLO
E G# A E B7 E (repeat x 2)
VERSE
E
Got a thirty-eight special in a forty-five frame
G# A
I ain't gonna miss 'cause I've got dead aim
E B7
I'm gonna ride that bad
E
Railroad Bill
E
Well Railroad Bill, rolling down a hill
G# A
Lighting cigars with a ten-dollar bill
E B7
I'm gonna ride that bad
E
Railroad Bill
E
Well, Railroad Bill says, Before I die
G# A
I'm gonna build a railroad for the bums to ride
E B7
I'm gonna ride that bad
E
Railroad Bill
VIOLIN SOLO
A B7 E (repeat x 2)
