The Rail Song Chords - Adrian Belew

A I recall as a boy we would hop the freights D2 wasn't nothin' but a kick back then E there was no better thrill for my anxious heart F#- than a long flatcar E headin' out of the yard A and I knew even then she was in my blood D2 like the time when I first hired on E and the fireman laughed at my bony nose F#- but he tossed me a cap E said GM&O *riff........ and I was a man... ........................ I gave her my best years ............................. well, what can you do but laugh .........................................* I don't expect she'll ever be coming back A When we climbed up the great Appalachians D2 her engines would be raging like hell E then we'd come back down to the rising towns F#- where the cattle stare E in the frozen air A For me there nothing more sacred D2 than the beautiful sound she'd make E her long blue signal blowin' deep in the night, F#- it would get to me there, E it would get to me there *bridge riff......... Now I'm afraid... ............................ Afraid of these silent hours .......................... awake underneath my old cap .........................................* I don't expect she'll ever be coming back *(instrumental with chords A D2 E F#- E* A Well, I watched the beginning of the end for her D2 when I saw my first jet airplane E flying high overhead like a bird of prey F#- while the mighty fell E in the land of the brave *final riff* Now I'm alone.

Riff

{tab: E|--12-------|--12------|--11-------|--11-------|--11------|--9------|--9------|}

{tab: B|--10-------|---9------|---9-------|---8-------|---7------|--7------|--7------|}

{tab: G|-------x16-|-------8x-|-------x16-|-------x16-|------8x--|------8x-|--7--x16-|}

{tab: D|-----------|----------|-----------|-----------|----------|---------|--7------|}

{tab: A|-----------|----------|-----------|-----------|----------|---------|---------|}

{tab: E|-----------|----------|-----------|-----------|----------|---------|---------|}

Bridge riff:

{tab: E|-12------|-12-----|-11------|-11-------|-11------|-9------|-/------|-9------|}

{tab: B|-10------|--9-----|--9------|--8-------|--7------|-7------|-6------|-7------|}

{tab: G|-----x16-|-----8x-|-----x16-|------x16-|-----8x--|----2x4-|----3x2-|-7--x16-|}

{tab: D|---------|--------|---------|----------|---------|--------|--------|-7------|}

{tab: A|---------|--------|---------|----------|---------|--------|--------|--------|}

{tab: E|---------|--------|---------|----------|---------|--------|--------|--------|}

Final riff:

{tab: E|--12-------|}

{tab: B|--10-------|}

{tab: G|-------2x5-|}

{tab: D|-----------|}

{tab: A|-----------|}

{tab: E|-----------|}

Of course, fell free to make this tab better. I did my best, but Adrian is a monster guitarist and he does some strange chord; he's a he's the story, and I'm only a nut. But this is my tribute to him. Thank you Ade.