E

[Verse 1]
E                          B     A               G#m
I worked for the union and on my very first communion, you know,
A    G#m               F#m
  it never ever, ever, ever worked out right
B                A              F#m        E
  So I spent the night sleepin' on the railway

[Verse 2]
E                        B       A          G#m
I worked for the foundry    and man my mind it nearly drowned
G#m
yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah
A      G#m  F#m
  It never, it could never work out right
B                           A               G#m   F#m        E
 So I said "So long, amigo. Good night" and slept on the railway

[Bridge]
F#m           A                       E     F#m
  The railway,  there's no better way,  ooh the railway
A                              E
  And it's nice to talk to you today

[Verse 3]
E                       B    A                       G#m7
I worked for the miller,   a very, very nice type of fella
A                     G#m                       F#m7
 but I could see that it would never gonna work out right
B          A                G#m      F#m    E
 So I split spent the night sleeping on the railway

[Vrse 4]
E               B          A    G#m7
I worked in the subway arc,  oh yeah, yeah
A        G#m           F#m                                B
 You know    it never, no no never, no never no, ever no, worked out right
A              G#m                       F#m    E
 So I said "So long" and spent the night on the railway

[Bridge]
F#m                      A                 E
  The railway, give me a bottle of whiskey,  ooh the railway
F#m A            E
    Ooh, there's nothin' like the railway

[Verse 5]
E                            B  A           G#m
And I'd like to thank someone   for mascara and good things that I done
A             G#m          F#m
  And for the time ya spent   and the friendship begun
B  A              G#m       F#m           E
   And most of all   starry nights on the railway

[Outro]
E
Ooh, I don't know no better way
B            A              G#m
  than just, ooh, lyin' back    an' drifting away
A  G#m
   I can hear it, I can hear it