ADRIAN BELEW - THE RAIL SONG
As played on the amazing record "acoustic".

Intro: *Play riff*

AI (x02220@1)recall as a boy we would hop the freights
        D2wasn't (x43141@2)nothin' but a kick back then
          Ethere (022100@1)was no better thrill for my anxious heart
       F#-
than a long flatcar
        Eheadin' (022100@1)out of the yard
      Aand (x02220@1)I knew even then she was in my blood
         D2like (x43141@2)the time when I first hired on
        Eand (022100@1)the fireman laughed at my bony nose
       F#-
but he tossed me a cap
     Esaid (022100@1)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
         AWhen (x02220@1)we climbed up the great Appalachians
    D2her (x43141@2)engines would be raging like hell
          Ethen (022100@1)we'd come back down to the rising towns
          F#-
where the cattle stare
        Ein (022100@1)the frozen air
   AFor (x02220@1)me there nothing more sacred
         D2than (x43141@2)the beautiful sound she'd make
    Eher (022100@1)long blue signal blowin' deep in the night,
         F#-
it would get to me there,
         Eit (022100@1)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)*

AWell, (x02220@1)I watched the beginning of the end for her
       D2when (x43141@2)I saw my first jet airplane
       Eflying (022100@1)high overhead like a bird of prey
         F#-
while the mighty fell
       Ein (022100@1)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