Railroad Wings Chords

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Railroad Wings by Patty Griffin is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, C, D, D7 and Em. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.

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  			Intro: G 

He took a silver train 

All the way to Maine 
       C 
On the way to everything 
G 
Railroad wings 



There's things you don't know you know 
          C 
I thought anger told me what to do 
     G 
With emptiness chasing me 


D                       D7    C 
On the border, I found you 
            G 
Should have heard her sing 

Railroad wings 


     C 
This emptiness has followed me 
       G 
Like a cold blue sky 
    C                        G 
And it has not been easy for you 
        C 
There's things I'll never tell you 
         G 
'Til the day I die 
         D                   C 
Things I done, I can never undo 


G 
Hiding everything 

Railroad wings 


INTERLUDE: C   G   C   G   C   G  Em  D   C 


G 
All these years along 

The lights are growing dim 
  C 
I hear you sing your song 
       G 
In the next room 


   C 
As far as I can tell 
     G                Em 
Most everything means nothing 
       D 
Except some things 
          C 
That mean everything 
G 
Railroad wings 

Railroad wings 

Railroad wings 
    	

Chord diagrams

Guitar tuner

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Reference tones

Standard tuning, lowest to highest. Click a string to play it; the string the mic hears is highlighted.

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100 BPM Andante