Boxcar Willie - From a rolls to the rails

^GOnce he lived like a king and he ^Chad every^Gthing All the world they say laid at his ^D7feet

Yet with ^Gall his wealth and fame ^Che played that cheatin??^G? game And he wound up like a ^D7tramp on the ^Gstreet

He went from a ^CRolls to the rail from a ^Gmansion to dirty jails From a penthouse to the jungle by the ^D7track

From ^Gchampagne to cheap wine ^Cright down to his last ^Gdime And now all he owns is the ^D7cloths on his ^Gback

He drove a big fancy car and he ^Csmoked big ci^Ggars Had everything that a man could ^D7own

But wild ^Gwomen and song soon ^Chis money was all ^Ggone And now he rides in a ^D7boxcar a^Glone

He went from a ^CRolls to the rail from a ^Gmansion to dirty jails From a penthouse to the jungle by the ^D7track

From ^Gchampagne to cheap wine ^Cright down to his last ^Gdime And now all he owns is the ^D7cloths on his ^Gback