G                          C                G
I hid out,in a boxcar,on a slow train,heading west 
 G                             D
Dressed like a railman,so not to seem conspicous 
      G                         C
The train whistled four times,indicating, 
     G
a track change, 
     C              G         D              G
So I hopped off in Albertie,near Portage and Main. 
Chorus 
C                        D5        D             G
Ride the rails heading west,to the town I love best, 
   C             D5                     D
I can only tell myself,good luck to the rest. 
C                         D5          D         G
Ride the rails,ride the rails,to the city out west. 
 C                 D5            D    G
(Ride the rails to that city I love best.) 
omit from last Chorus. 
Verse2 
    G                          C        G
The folk there are gentle, the women so nice 
    G                   D
The Hospitality Inn,I sought for a bite, 
  G                        C           G
A bar in the Cabaret,to quench a mans thirst, 
 C             D                         G
Cigars on the pillow,and a rack of clean shirts, 
Chorus 
    G                          C
There's the place that's just right, 
     C               G
for a tuckered mans head, 
 C                    D
With a doubled up mattress,on a four postered bed, 
 C              D                         G
Sheets of pure silk,a feathered pillow to match, 
     C          A         D        G
Tattered and tired I lay down to rest. 
 
Chorus,then last line,{Slowly} 
C                   D                   G
Ride the rails to the city,for my final rest. 
C...D...C, End