Greg Russell And Ciaran Algar - The New Railroad
## NOTE: ~ = Walk-Down from C to Am ##
CAPO: 2nd Fret
[INTRO:] C
[CHORUS:]
G
Working on the new railroad, mud up to my knees
F C F
Working on the new railroad with mud up to my knees
C ~ Am G
Digging for big John Henry, he's so hard to please
C
I've been around the world
[VERSE 1:]
G
Came out on the new railroad to work for John Henry
F C F
We made tracks to every town and I watched new towns come to be
C ~ Am G
The money that I'm making, I spend it kind of free
C
I've been around the world
[CHORUS:]
G
Working on the new railroad, mud up to my knees
F C F
Working on the new railroad with mud up to my knees
C ~ Am G
Digging for big John Henry, he's so hard to please
C
I've been around the world
[VERSE 2:]
G
There's a girl that I love, she is deep inside my mind
F C F
( ? ? ) long working days, I see her dressed so fine
C ~ Am G
If I get away from here I will ask her to be mine
C
I've been around the world
[CHORUS:]
G
Working on the new railroad, mud up to my knees
F C F
Working on the new railroad with mud up to my knees
C ~ Am G
Digging for big John Henry, he's so hard to please
C
I've been around the world
[VERSE 3:]
G
Single girl, single girl how did you get to be so fine
F C F
Single girl, single girl how did you wait for so fine
C ~ Am G
I get your dress from a railroad man, my shoes from a driver in a mine
C
I've been around the world
[CHORUS:]
G
Working on the new railroad, mud up to my knees
F C F
Working on the new railroad with mud up to my knees
C ~ Am G
Digging for big John Henry, he's so hard to please
C
I've been around the world
[VERSE 4:]
G
Thirty years have rolled away with the car going down that line
F C F
I'm out here in this dusty town, there's nothing much I find
C ~ Am G
Beer and girls I pay for are the only friends of mine
C
I've been around the world
[CHORUS:] (**sung a Capella**)
(G)
Working on the new railroad, mud up to my knees
(F) (C) (F)
Working on the new railroad with mud up to my knees
(C) (~) (Am) G
Digging for big John Henry, he's so hard to please
C
I've been around the world
[CHORUS:]
G
Working on the new railroad, mud up to my knees
F C F
Working on the new railroad with mud up to my knees
C ~ Am G
Digging for big John Henry, he's so hard to please
C
I've been around the world
I've been around the world
[OUTRO:] Am F C (4x)