F
She's    a rail-road la - dy,
       C
Just a lit - tle bit shad - y,
G7                            C     C7
Spend - in' her days   on the train;
        F
She's a sem - i - good look - er
        C
But the fast rails they took 'er,
          G7                           F   G7       C
Now she's try - in', just try - in' to get home a - gain


[Verse 1]
        C             C7               F                C
South   Sta - tion in Bos - ton to the freight yards of Au - stin
                                                          G7
From the Flor - i - da  sun - shine to the New Or - leans rain;
C               C7
Now  that  the  rail - packs has
F              C
Tak - en  the  best tracks,
                                   G7           C
She's try - in', just try - in' to get home a - gain


[Chorus]
F
She's    a rail-road la - dy,
       C
Just a lit - tle bit shad - y,
G7                            C     C7
Spend - in' her days   on the train;
        F
She's a sem - i - good look - er
        C
But the fast rails they took 'er,
          G7                           F   G7       C
Now she's try - in', just try - in' to get home a - gain


[Verse 2]
C                        C7        F                C
Once a high - ball - in' loner, he thought he could own 'er
                                           G7
Bought her a fur    and  a  big dia - mond ring;
    C             C7
She hopped on   for cold cash,
     F           C
Left town on   the Wa - bash,
                                              G7             C    C7
Nev - er think - in', nev - er think - in' of home 'way back then.


[Verse 3]
        C             C7
But the rails are now rust - y,
    F               C
The din - in' car's dust - y.
                                                G7
Gold plat - ed  watch - es have  tak - en their toll;
          C                C7
Yeah, the rail - roads are dy - in',
        F             C
And the la - dy she's cry - in',
                               G7              C
On a bus to Ken - tuck - y and home that's her goal.


[Chorus]
F
She's    a rail-road la - dy,
       C
Just a lit - tle bit shad - y,
G7                            C     C7
Spend - in' her days   on the train;
        F
She's a sem - i - good look - er
        C
But the fast rails they took 'er,
          G7                           F   G7       C
Now she's try - in', just try - in' to get home a - gain


[Outro]
C         G7                          F      G7                C       F  G7      C
Yes, on a bus to Ken - tuck - y, then home   once          a - gain.