Verse 
C                F              C 
I haven’t let my hair down in a while 
F                           C 
Since it caught fire in the coals 
F                            C    G/B  Am 
I turned around and walked a back road mile 
G    F                   G 
With all the ashes in my soul 

verse 2 
C                F              C 
I haven’t felt a cold dawn in a while 
F                         C 
Long time they were all I knew 
F                    C  G/B  Am 
Been holdin’ on to a newborn child 
G     F                     G 
Whose eyes are askin’ after you 


[Refrão]
   F        G 
Oh railroad man 
          C  G/B    Am 
I’ve been trying to stand 
          F       G           F 
Where the morning stars might fall 
   F        G 
Oh railroad man 
         C  G/B      Am 
Will you do what you can 
F           G     F 
To remember me at all 
   C        G     C 
To remember me at all 

verse 3 
C                F              C 
If you come looking I might warn you 
F                          
These tears don't leave an easy trai 
F                    C  G/B  Am 
I cut my heart out of my calico sleeve 
G   F                     G 
And then, I put it up for sale 


[Refrão]
   F        G 
Oh railroad man 
          C  G/B    Am 
I’ve been trying to stand 
          F       G           F 
Where the morning stars might fall 
   F        G 
Oh railroad man 
         C  G/B      Am 
Will you do what you can 
F           G     F 
To remember me at all 
   C        G     C 
To remember me at all