Songs For My Own Enjoyment: Boxcar Blues



Boxcar Blues
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Category: Calm
Link: Performance Example

D                                            
I lost all my money in a crooked poker game  
                           D7                 
Now I'm going home on this old freight train  
          G                                D       
I got the boxcar blues shuffle on down the tracks  
               A7                                      D     
You'll get the boxcar blues and Lord you may never get back  
   
D                                        
Well I am so lonely I think I could die  
                             D7                
These ain't cinders they are tears in my eyes  
          G                                D       
I got the boxcar blues shuffle on down the tracks  
               A7                                      D     
You'll get the boxcar blues and Lord you may never get back  
   
D                                           
I dream of my big baked biscuit in the pan  
                           D7          
I dream of my woman with a-nother man  
          G                                D       
I got the boxcar blues shuffle on down the tracks  
               A7                                      D     
You'll get the boxcar blues and Lord you may never get back  
   
D                                               
When I get back home I'll get down on my knees  
                               D7                   
I'll beg to my woman to have a little mercy please  
          G                                D       
I got the boxcar blues shuffle on down the tracks  
               A7                                      D     
You'll get the boxcar blues and Lord you may never get back  
   
D                                             
Now let me tell you brother it just ain't so  
                         D7                
There ain't no easy life for a bored hobo  
          G                                D       
I got the boxcar blues shuffle on down the tracks  
               A7                                      D     
You'll get the boxcar blues and Lord you may never get back  
   
D                                        
No listen to brother and take my advice  
                          D7                
Stay away from trains and them loaded dice  
               G                                D       
You'll get the boxcar blues shuffle on down the tracks  
               A7                                      D     
You'll get the boxcar blues and Lord you may never get back  
   
               A7                                      D     
You'll get the boxcar blues and Lord you may never get back  
   

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