Riding on the Railway – David Newland C F C Theres a man who rides the train a lot C F G Riding on the railway C G C From hard-time town trouble spot C G C Riding on the railway C F C You can hear him mumble praise the Lord C F C Riding on the railway C G C When the porter hollers all aboard! C G C Riding on the railway C0003 F2010 G0232

Riding on the Railway – David Newland 2 F C G7 C Hes down and out on his rotten luck G C But he tips that porter twenty bucks F C G7 C Im at the end of my tattered rope G C You can wake me up when we get to Hope. C0003 F2010 G0232

Riding on the Railway – David Newland 3 F C Woo-hoo the whistle blows G C All aboard, its time to go F C Roll, roll, the wheels go round C G C Riding on the railway C G C Riding on the railway C0003 F2010 G0232

Riding on the Railway – David Newland 4 C F C There´s a girl who got the urge to roam C F G Riding on the railway Far from her unhappy home C G C Riding on the railway Pretty as a day in spring, C F G Riding on the railway Big brown eyes and everything C G C Riding on the railway C0003 F2010 G0232

Riding on the Railway – David Newland 5 F C G7 C Staring out the windowpane G7 C Sun sets over fields of grain F C G7 C Searching for the rising moon G7 C Shining down on Saskatoon C0003 F2010 G0232

Riding on the Railway – David Newland 6 F C Woo-hoo the whistle blows G C All aboard, its time to go F C Roll, roll, the wheels go round C G C Riding on the railway C G C Riding on the railway C0003 F2010 G0232

Riding on the Railway – David Newland 7 C F C Students headed for the woods C F G Riding on the railway To a planting camp where the money´s good C G C Riding on the railway Trading in the city life C F G Riding on the railway For a summer´s worth of bugs and strife C G C Riding on the railway C0003 F2010 G0232

Riding on the Railway – David Newland 8 F C G C Study books all left behind, G7 C light of load and free of mind Planting spades and old backpacks, Hornepayne-bound by the railway tracks F C Woo-hoo the whistle blows G C All aboard, its time to go F C Roll, roll, the wheels go round C G C Riding on the railway C G C Riding on the railway C0003 F2010 G0232

Riding on the Railway – David Newland 9 C F C There´s a lady in her golden age C F G Riding on the railway Says the old folks´ home is a gilded cage C G C Riding on the railway And it´s been sixty years or more C F G Riding on the railway Since I last saw the western shore C G C Riding on the railway F2010 Dm2210 Bb73241

Riding on the Railway – David Newland 10 All those years have come and gone, still the train keeps rolling on Off for western shores again, Vancouver-bound upon the train F C Woo-hoo the whistle blows G C All aboard, its time to go F C Roll, roll, the wheels go round C G C Riding on the railway C G C Riding on the railway C0003 F2010 G0232

Riding on the Railway – David Newland 11 C F C Eastbound for the Maritimes C F G Riding on the railway Westbound for the fairer climes C G C Riding on the railway Northbound for the skies so bright C F G Riding on the railway Southbound for the city lights C G C Riding on the railway C0003 F2010 G0232

Riding on the Railway – David Newland 12 Summer, winter, spring and fall, railway rolls right through it all Lifeblood of a nation´s pride, across this country far and wide F C Woo-hoo the whistle blows G C All aboard, its time to go F C Roll, roll, the wheels go round C G C Riding on the railway C G C Riding on the railway C0003 F2010 G0232

Riding on the Railway – David Newland 13 Eastbound for the Maritimes C F G Riding on the railway Westbound for the fairer climes C G C Riding on the railway Northbound for the skies so bright C F G Riding on the railway Southbound for the city lights C G C Riding on the railway C0003 F2010 G0232

Riding on the Railway – David Newland 14 Summer, winter, spring and fall, railway rolls right through it all Lifeblood of a nation´s pride, across this country far and wide F C Woo-hoo the whistle blows G C All aboard, its time to go F C Roll, roll, the wheels go round C G C Riding on the railway C G C Riding on the railway C0003 F2010 G0232

Riding on the Railway – David Newland 15 So raise a glass for the engineer C F G Riding on the railway And all the railway riders here C G C Riding on the railway The countryside we gaze upon C F G Riding on the railway And the silver rails we´re riding on C G C Riding on the railway Raise your glass again and say a toast to the crew aboard today One for every old rail hand, and the mighty trains of this mighty land… C0003 F2010 G0232

Riding on the Railway – David Newland LAST |: F C Woo-hoo the whistle blows G C All aboard, its time to go F C Roll, roll, the wheels go round C G C Riding on the railway C G C Riding on the railway :| x3 3 rd time, last line: G///|////|////|C///|/// ! Riding on the rail way C0003 F2010 G0232