From A Boxcar Door by Boxcar Willie, tabs and chords at PlayUkuleleNET

From A Boxcar Door

Biography:

Born Lecil Travis Martin on September 1, 1931, in Sterrat, TX; died on April 12, 1999, in Branson, MO, of leukemia; married second wife Lloene Johnson, c. 1962; children: Tammy (first marriage), twins Larry and Lorry (with Johnson). Addresses: Website--Boxcar Willie Official Website: http://www.boxcarwillie.com.

Known as the world's favorite hobo, Boxcar Willie took a long train ride to his destination as a country music star. When he finally got there, he didn't waste a moment of his time.

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I've seen the 'gators and the skeeters

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Down in the swamps of Louisian

I've seen the Painted Desert

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I've traveled across Texas burning sand

I've seen the great Rocky Mountains

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That reach up where the mighty eagle soars

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You know big or small I've seen it all

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From a boxcar door

I've seen those wheat fields out in Kansas

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In Iowa I've watched the tall corn grow

Seen 'em picking fruit in Florida

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Watched 'em digging taters up in Idaho

I've seen the factories in Detroit

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I've seen a small country general store

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And big or small I've seen it all

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From a boxcar door

I've seen the coal mines in Kentucky

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I've seen the steel mills in Birmingham

I've seen the Appalachians seen the Hoover

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And I've seen every other dam

I've seen the great Salt Lake in Utah

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I've heard the mighty Ni-agra roar

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Yeah big or small I've seen it all

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From a boxcar door

I've seen the great Potomac River

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The wide Missouri and the O-hi-o

I've seen the Colorado

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I've watched the mighty Mississippi flow

I've seen the great Atlantic Ocean

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I've seen California's golden shore

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You know big or small I've seen it all

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From a boxcar door

I've seen the black man in the ghettos

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On the reservation I've watched the Navajo

I've seen the migrant workers

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In the fields from Maine down to Mexico

I've seen the rich man in his penthouse

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The shanties and the shacks of the poor

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Yeah big or small I've seen it all

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From a boxcar door

But my travels are not over

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There's lots more that I've just gotta see

Every day's a new adventure

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And I thank the Lord for letting me be free

When I hop aboard a boxcar

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And hear that mighty engine start to roar

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You know big or small I'll see you all

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From a boxcar door

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Yeah big or small I'll see you all from a boxcar door