Turnpike Troubadours – Kansas City Southern chords

Capo 2

Intro: G D Em C G D G 

Verse 1:
           G              D   G          D/F#Well I was working on the KCS Rail Line
Em                          DKatie was the girl down the street
       G             D            Em        CWell I took her to a dance on the Fourth of July
G                D                 GHopin' she might fall in love with me
         G            D                G     D/F#Well the band started playing right at nine
Em                         DFirecrackers popped in the sky
   G             DWe danced and we danced
Em                 CLord I never had a chance
      G             D      GI got canned on the 5th of July

Chorus: 
       D              GAnd we laughed at the moonlight
D/F# Em                       DSaid goodbye in the grey light of dawn
        G          D               Em             CYes the girl of my dreams each and every night it seems
       G          D          GIs the one that I hold in my arms

Instrumental: G D Em C G D G

Verse 2:
      G              D             G       D/F#I was playin' in the Tommy Knocker Tavern
Em                        DJenny was the girl at the bar
       G          D        Em          CWell I sang every song for her and her alone
    G                     D        GAnd kissed her 'neath the Colorado stars

Chorus: 
       D              GAnd we laughed at the moonlight
D/F# Em                       DSaid goodbye in the grey light of dawn
        G          D               Em             CYes the girl of my dreams each and every night it seems
       G          D          GIs the one that I hold in my arms

Instrumental: 
G D G D/F# Em D G D Em C G D G 

Verse 3:
G                D                    G       D/F#Seasons come and change just like the leaves
Em                         DRed oaks in the Kai Nation wind
          G                DWell they scatter and they fall
           Em             CWhere they land I can't recall
       G            D       GWill I ever find my darlin' again
 
Verse 3:
G                D                    G       D/F#Seasons come and change just like the leaves
Em                         DRed oaks in the Kai Nation wind
          G                DWell they scatter and they fall
           Em             CWhere they land I can't recall
       G            D       GWill I ever find my darlin' again

Chorus: 
       D              GAnd we laughed at the moonlight
D/F# Em                       DSaid goodbye in the grey light of dawn
        G          D               Em             CYes the girl of my dreams each and every night it seems
       G          D          GIs the one that I hold in my arms
        G          D               Em             CYes the girl in my dreams each and every night it seems
       G          D          GIs the one that I hold in my arms

Outro: G D Em C G D G