ADRIAN BELEW - THE RAIL SONG As played on the amazing record "acoustic". Intro: *Play riff* A I recall as a boy we would hop the freights D2 wasn't nothin' but a kick back then E there was no better thrill for my anxious heart F#- than a long flatcar E headin' out of the yard A and I knew even then she was in my blood D2 like the time when I first hired on E and the fireman laughed at my bony nose F#- but he tossed me a cap E said GM&O *riff........ and I was a man... ........................ I gave her my best years ............................. well, what can you do but laugh .........................................* I don't expect she'll ever be coming back A When we climbed up the great Appalachians D2 her engines would be raging like hell E then we'd come back down to the rising towns F#- where the cattle stare E in the frozen air A For me there nothing more sacred D2 than the beautiful sound she'd make E her long blue signal blowin' deep in the night, F#- it would get to me there, E it would get to me there *bridge riff......... Now I'm afraid... ............................ Afraid of these silent hours .......................... awake underneath my old cap .........................................* I don't expect she'll ever be coming back *(instrumental with chords A D2 E F#- E)* A Well, I watched the beginning of the end for her D2 when I saw my first jet airplane E flying high overhead like a bird of prey F#- while the mighty fell E in the land of the brave *final riff* Now I'm alone. Riff: E|--12-------|--12------|--11-------|--11-------|--11------|--9------|--9------| B|--10-------|---9------|---9-------|---8-------|---7------|--7------|--7------| G|-------x16-|-------x8-|-------x16-|-------x16-|------x8--|------x8-|--7--x16-| D|-----------|----------|-----------|-----------|----------|---------|--7------| A|-----------|----------|-----------|-----------|----------|---------|---------| E|-----------|----------|-----------|-----------|----------|---------|---------| Bridge riff: E|-12------|-12-----|-11------|-11-------|-11------|-9------|-/------|-9------| B|-10------|--9-----|--9------|--8-------|--7------|-7------|-6------|-7------| G|-----x16-|-----x8-|-----x16-|------x16-|-----x8--|----x24-|----x32-|-7--x16-| D|---------|--------|---------|----------|---------|--------|--------|-7------| A|---------|--------|---------|----------|---------|--------|--------|--------| E|---------|--------|---------|----------|---------|--------|--------|--------| Final riff: E|--12-------| B|--10-------| G|-------x25-| D|-----------| A|-----------| E|-----------| Of course, fell free to make this tab better. I did my best, but Adrian is a monster guitarist and he does some strange chord; he's a he's the story, and I'm only a nut. But this is my tribute to him. Thank you Ade. _Ozzy geomscortichini@interfree.it