Songbook

Railroad Bill

By Andrew Bird

Key of G

[Verse]
  G           G       *
Railroad Bill, Railroad Bill
  B7               C
Never worked and he never will
          G       D    G
I'm gonna ride, Railroad Bill.

[Verse]
  G                   G             *
Well, Railroad Bill was a mighty mean man
 B7                        C
Shot the light out of the brakeman's hand
          G       D      G
I'm gonna ride, that bad Railroad Bill.

[Verse]
 G                       G                *
Well Miss McMillan, she whooped and she squawked
 B7                    C
That's my husband for I heard him fall
          G       D      G
I'm gonna ride, that bad Railroad Bill.

[Verse]
  G                G     *
Well I went down on Number One
 B7              C
Railroad Bill had just begun
           G    D     G
I'm gonna ride, Railroad Bill.

[Verse]
  G                G      *
Well I came back on Number Two
 B7                  C
Railroad Bill had just got through
           G     D    G
I'm gonna ride, Railroad Bill.

[Verse]
 G                 G       *
Well I went down on Number Four
B7                    C
Someone let fly with a forty-four
           G     D     G
I'm gonna ride, Railroad Bill.

[Verse]
 G                             G            *
Got a thirty-eight special in a forty-five frame
B7                          C
I ain't gonna miss cause I've got dead aim
           G       D    G
I'm gonna ride, that bad Railroad Bill.

[Verse]
 G                     G          *
Well Railroad Bill, rolling down a hill
B7                    C
Lighting cigars with a ten-dollar bill
          G       D     G
I'm gonna ride, that bad Railroad Bill.

[Verse]
 G                    G            *
Well, Railroad Bill says, Before I die,
B7                               C
I'm gonna build a railroad for the bums to ride
          G        D          G
I'm gonna ride, that bad Railroad Bill.