Intro
F#m A
I wanna share a tale with you about the 'merican dream
DM7 F#m
When all the railroads ran on time and our nation ran on steam
F#m A
Behind the tracks and railroad tyres a hero took command
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Of connecting every town, he was called... The railroad man...
[Chorus]
F#m C#m
Railroad man, can you take me to San Fran
B F#m
Can you take me down to Tennessee, across the Rio Grande
F#m A
Can you take me up Mount Everest and into Disneyland
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Can you get me there on time, oh can you do it? Railroad man... (Railroad man, railroad man)
> Uhh, guys?
> - Sorry, that song's just too damn catchy
> Now you're probably wondering why they called him the railroad man
> - I think you explained it pretty well
> Well, I'm gonna tell you why!
[Verse]
F#m A
They called him that because he built the railroads and was male
DM7 F#m
And they called them railroads 'cause they were like roads, except with rails.
Cool, uhh... thanks for clarifying
F#m A
His eyes, they say, were made of coal; his toes were railroad spikes,
DM7 F#m
His trains had seven stars on Yelp and a billion Facebook likes.
> That's right... a billion.
> - What happened next?
> Shut up kid! I'm the one singing!
> - I wasn't singi..
[Verse]
F#m A
He built up the tracks, you see; hooked up the USA.
DM7 F#m
And he could have kept on going, if not for that fateful day.
F#m A
These two weird fellas came to town and invented human flight,
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They called their ship an 'aeroplane' and themselves... the brothers Wright. (brothers Wright)
F#m A
They said: Our planes can transfer man without the need for rail
DM7 F#m
Your industry is dying and your dream's going to fail.
F#m A
So pull up your slacks and pack your tracks and get on out of town;
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We don't need steam or steel beams to get ourselves around."
> Railroad Man was none too pleased about that. He said:
[Verse]
F#m A
Two Wrights don't make a right, and dang if that ain't wrong!
DM7 F#m
Hey that lyric ain't half-bad, I hope it ends up in a song.
F#m A
If God intended man to fly, we'd be born in a flock;
DM7 F#m
Those Wright Brothers and their flight machine can go and suck a cock!
F#m A
Those Wright Brothers can sniff my biff, they can give my ass a smell;
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They can lick my shaft from fore to aft and their plane... can burn in hell.
> Excuse the language folks but that's what the Railroad Man said. His fucking words.
[Verse]
F#m A
The Wright Brothers they challenged him; they said, "You think you're great?
DM7 F#m
Can your steam trains do a loop-de-loop without losing their freight?
F#m A
And if you do it we'll leave town and we won't ever come back;
E7 F#m
But if you fail you can take your rail and shove it up your crack!"
> Naww, the hell with you Wright Brothers, the sky's for birds!
> -And the ground's for turds, and you sir are the latter word.
[Chorus]
F#m C#m
Railroad man! Can you rise to their demand?
B F#m
Can your trains do a loop-de-loop, can they do it all on land?
DM7 A
Wilbur's talking smack about your track, Orville's railing on your rails;
E7 C# F#m
Can you beat their ass with steam and brass, and eight-inch steel nails? The Railroad man.
> Say, that was a pretty good train-sition! Huh, anyway...
[Verse]
F#m A
The Railroad Man he spent a month looping up his track,
DM7 F#m
Then he gathered up the townsfolk and he told 'em to stand back.
F#m A
The train had started chugging, and the loop-de-loop drew near,
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The train it was America, its freight our hopes and fears.
F#m A
Everyone watched in silence, you could hear a needle drop;
DM7 F#m
The train it went straight up the loop and right on to the top...
[Bridge]
F#m A
The Railroad Man was finished, he knew he'd had his run,
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The airplane beat him fair and square, and the railroad days were done.
[Verse]
F#m A
But before he died he wrote a note for anyone that flies;
DM7 F#m
He wrote it all in railroad, so he could read it from the sky.
F#m A
So take a look there down below, written in the land,
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You'll see the final dying words of... the Railroad Man! (The Railroad Man!)
F#m
The Railroad Man! (The Railroad Man!) The Railroad Man!
> Damn you Wright Brothers!
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