I've Been Working On The Railroad

Traditional
Sung By John Denver
on All Aboard! (1997)


G
I've been working on the railroad
C                  G
All the live long day

I've been working on the railroad
         A        A7    D
Just to pass the time away
                             G
Can't you hear the whistle blowing
 C                       G
Rise up so early in the morn
 C                           G  
Can't you hear the whistle blowing
         D        G
Dinah, blow your horn

 G
Dinah, won't you blow
 C
Dinah, won't you blow
 D                          G
Dinah, won't you blow your horn
 G
Dinah, won't you blow
 C
Dinah, won't you blow
 D                          G
Dinah, won't you blow your horn

 G
Someone's in the kitchen with Dinah
                             D*
Someone's in the kitchen I know
 G                             C
Someone's in the kitchen with Dinah
   G             D       G
Strumming on the old banjo

 G
Fee fie fiddle iiee o
         D*
Fee fie fiddle iiee o
 G       C
Fee fie fiddle iiee o
   G             D       G
Strumming on the old banjo

D* could be played as an usual D but 
it's better to play the following scale:

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