Railroad Lady
By Willie Nelson


Chorus:
        F                     C
She's a railroad lady, just a little bit shady
G                        C
Spendin' her days on the train
        F                       C
She's a semi-goodlooker but the fast rails they took her
          G                           C
Now she's tryin', tryin' to get home again


      C                        F              C
South station in Boston to the stock yards of Austin
         C                                     G
from the Florida sunshine, to the New Orlean's rain
             C              F         C
Now that the railpacks have taken the best tracks
      G                                C
She's tryin', just tryin' to get home again

Chorus 2:
She's a railroad lady, just a little bit shady
spendin' her days on the train
Once a pulleman car traveler, the switchmen won't have her 
She's tryin', just tryin' to get home again


Once a highballin’ loner thought he could own her
He bought her a fur coat and a big diamond ring
but she hopped on for cold cash, left town on the Wabash
Never thinkin', never thinkin' for home way back then


Change to key of D

But the rails are now rusty, and the dining car’s dusty
And the gold plated watches have taken their toll
And the railroads are dyin', and the lady is cryin'
On a bus to Kentucky at home that's her goal

Chorus 1 (still in D)