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Travelin down this lonesome railroad
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Silver Ribbons in my hand
C
A million miles of cross ties
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Marks a million miles I've been
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Ive picked peaches down in Georgia,
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Apples up in Maine
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Pulled cotton out in Texas
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Ridin on a Train
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I was just a lad of seventeen
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My daddy turned me loose
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Silver Ribbons callin me
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Engine and caboose
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I cant recall my mother
G A
She left when I was two
G D
Brunettes, blondes and redheads
G D
Were the only love I knew
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Dont ask me where Im going
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Dont ask me where Ive been
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Those silver ribbons will take me there
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There......... and back again
G A G A E
One more time....back again......
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Traveling to the tune of freight wheels
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Is such a lonely sound
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Here that lonesome whistle blow
B
And leave another town
A B
I wish someone was waiting
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Somewhere to welcome me
A E
Then those silver ribbons
A E
Would see no more of me
A B E
Dont ask me where Im going
A B E
Dont ask me where Ive been
A B E A
Those silver ribbons will take me there
A B A
There......... and back again
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One more time....back again......