"Railroad of Sin"
Sturgill Simpson
High Top Mountain (2013)
Capo 3
[Intro]
[Verse 1]
E
Well they say you live & learn but it really seems more to me
B7 E
Like all along I've been learning how to live
E
Well for years I been drifting like a boat lost out at sea
B7 E
I've been out walking them ties on the railroad of sin
E
Well now looking back on my life now at some of the things I done
B7 E
Makes me wanna hang my head in shame
E
I was a no good, no account, low down heartbreaker
B7 E E/F# E/G E/G#
On that railroad of sin I was a highballing train
[Chorus]
A E
I'm just a poor boy had to beg, steal, & borrow
B7 E
Just a leaf blowing lonesome in the wind
A
I'm just a hitchhiker on that old highway of sorrow
E B7 E
Just a highballing train on that railroad of sin
[Solo]
|A |E |E |B7 E |E |
[Verse 3]
E
Well you won't feel it and you won't hear it coming
B7 E
Cause when she's rolling slow it don't make a sound
B7
But I got that throttle to ten on the railroad of sin
E B7 E
I'm coming off of the rails and I can't slow it down
[Chorus]
A E
I'm just a poor boy had to beg, steal, & borrow
B7 E
Just a leaf blowing lonesome in the wind
A
I'm just a hitchhiker on that old highway of sorrow
E B7 E
Just a highballing train on that railroad of sin
[Solo]
|A |E |E |B7 E |
[Chorus]
A E
Well I'm a poor boy had to beg, steal, & borrow
B7 E
Just a leaf blowing lonesome in the wind
A
I'm just a hitchhiker on that old highway of sorrow
E B7 E
Just a highballing train on that railroad of sin
