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[Verse 1]
E B A G#m
I worked for the union and on my very first communion, you know,
A G#m F#m
it never ever, ever, ever worked out right
B A F#m E
So I spent the night sleepin' on the railway
[Verse 2]
E B A G#m
I worked for the foundry and man my mind it nearly drowned
G#m
yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
A G#m F#m
It never, it could never work out right
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So I said "So long, amigo. Good night" and slept on the railway
[Bridge]
F#m A E F#m
The railway, there's no better way, ooh the railway
A E
And it's nice to talk to you today
[Verse 3]
E B A G#m7
I worked for the miller, a very, very nice type of fella
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but I could see that it would never gonna work out right
B A G#m F#m E
So I split spent the night sleeping on the railway
[Vrse 4]
E B A G#m7
I worked in the subway arc, oh yeah, yeah
A G#m F#m B
You know it never, no no never, no never no, ever no, worked out right
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So I said "So long" and spent the night on the railway
[Bridge]
F#m A E
The railway, give me a bottle of whiskey, ooh the railway
F#m A E
Ooh, there's nothin' like the railway
[Verse 5]
E B A G#m
And I'd like to thank someone for mascara and good things that I done
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And for the time ya spent and the friendship begun
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And most of all starry nights on the railway
[Outro]
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Ooh, I don't know no better way
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than just, ooh, lyin' back an' drifting away
A G#m
I can hear it, I can hear it