Capo: 4 Tuning: E A D G B E

Tom Russell - Amelia’s Railroad Flat CAPO: 4th Fret [Intro] C [Verse 1]

Amelia, she worked for the ^Frailroad ^GDoing what, I never ^Cknew But I’d meet her down at the ^Dmdepot ^GEvery day at half-past ^Ctwo

[Verse 2]

And we climbed the old wood ^Fstairway ^GFind the key below the ^Cmat Watch the sunset on the ^Dmfreight yard ^GUp at Amelia’s railroad ^Cflat

[Verse 3]

Russian vodka in the ^Ffreezer ^GFrom the Polish liquor ^Cstore Spanish rice, Moroccan ^Dmoranges ^GPersian rugs upon the ^Cfloor

[Verse 4]

And Amelia came from ^FDenmark ^GShe bought a pair of Siamese ^Ccats They’d wake us up there in the ^Dmmorning ^GAt Amelia’s railroad ^Cflat

[Bridge]

And every ^Amnight the midnight ghost rode out on ^Ftime ^AmRolling down the line at twelve-o-^Fnine And we’d ^Amsit and count the cars out on the ^Ftrack As they ^Cshook the bedroom window of Amelia’s railroad ^Gflat

[Instrumental] G F G C Dm G C [Verse 5]

But the freight yards, they are ^Fgone now ^GAnd the buildings block the ^Csun And Amelia sailed for ^DmDemark ^GWay back in Nineteen Eighty-^COne

[Verse 6]

But every time I hear a ^Ffreight train Or ^Gwatch the sunset on the ^Ctracks Lord, I recall those summer ^Dmevenings ^GUp at Amelia’s railroad ^Cflat

[Verse 7]

And every time I hear a ^Ffreight train ^GBlowing lonely down the ^Ctrack I hear those bedroom windows ^Dmrattle ^GUp at Amelia’s railroad ^Cflat Lord, how those bedroom windows ^Dmrattled ^GUp at Amelia’s railroad ^Cflat

Tom Russell - Amelias railroad flat