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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)