Chorus: 
        F              C 
She's a railroad lady, just a little bit shady 
G                        C 
spendin' her days on the train 
        F                        C 
She's a semi-good-looker but the fast rails they took her 
          G                 G7       C 
now she's tryin', tryin' to get home again 
 
 
Verse 1: 
C                               F              C 
South station in Boston, to the stock yards of Austin 
                                               G 
from the Florida sunshine, to the New Orlean's rain 
C                               F               C 
Now that the rail  have taken the  
      G                          C 
She's tryin', tryin' to get home again 
 
Chorus: 
She's a railroad lady, just a little bit shady 
spendin' her days on the train 
Once a pullen car traveller, the switchmen won't have her 
She's tryin', tryin' to get home again 
 
Verse 2: 
Once a high born loaner, thought he could own her 
he bought her a fur coat and a big diamond ring 
but she  him for cold cash 
in the town  there 
Never thinkin', never thinkin' of home way back then 
 
Verse 3 (KEY-CHANGE: same chord pattern but in the key of D!): 
 
But the rails are now rusty, and the diamond got dusty 
and the gold plated watches have taken their toll 
And the railroads are dyin', and the lady is cryin' 
on a bus to Kentucky at home that's her goal 
 
Chorus (still in D): 
She's a railroad lady, just a little bit shady 
spendin' her days on the train 
She's a semi-good-looker but the fast rails they took her 
now she's tryin', tryin' to get home again 
     D                  G    A    D 
On a bus to Kentucky at home once again