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I've Been Working On The Railroad

Appears to have been first printed in 1894 in Carmina Princetonia,
May be a derivative of an old Irish song: "I've been working on the Levee"

Part 1:-----------	------------------	------------------	------------------
G	-          G7	C        Cm	G
-	Em	A7	D7
-	G         G7	C         Am	B7
C	G         Eb7	G         D7	G        (End)
Part 2:-----------	------------------	------------------	------------------
G          G7	C         A7	D7	G
-           G7	C         A7	D7	G
Part 3:-----------	------------------	------------------	------------------
G	-	-	D7
G          G7	C          Cm	G          D7	G
Part 4:-----------	------------------	------------------	------------------
G	-	-	D7
G	C          Cm	G          D7	G     (To Part 1)

8-beat intro.  Play 4-beats for each cell, reading from left to right.

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Part 1

I've been work -in' on the rail -road, All the live -long day.

I've been work -in' on the rail -road, Just to pass the time a -way.

Don't you hear the whis -tle blow -ing? Rise up so ear -ly in the morn!

Don't you hear the cap -tain shout -ing: "Di -nah, blow your horn"?

 

Part 2

Di -nah, won't you blow Di -nah, won't you blow Di -nah, won't you blow your horn, your horn?

Di -nah, won't you blow Di -nah, won't you blow Di -nah, won't you blow your horn?

 

Part 3

Some -one's in the kitch -en with Di -nah, Some -one's in the kitch -en, I know.

Some -one's in the kitch -en with Di -nah, Strum -ming on the old ban -jo.

 

Part 4

Fee fi, fid -dle -dee -i -o, Fee fi fid -dle -dee -i -o.

Fee fi fid -dle -dee -i -o, Strum -min' on the old ban -jo.

 

(Repeat Part 1)

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Arranged by Jim Bottorff

 

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