Silver Ribbons

	  		
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C 
Travelin down this lonesome railroad 
                      Am 
Silver Ribbons in my hand 
C 
A million miles of cross ties 
                            G 
Marks a million miles I've been 

G          F                G 
Ive picked peaches down in Georgia, 
F             G 
Apples up in Maine 
       F              C 
Pulled cotton out in Texas 
F           C        D 
Ridin on a Train 

D 
I was just a lad of seventeen  
                    Bm 
My daddy turned me loose 
D 
Silver Ribbons callin me 
            A 
Engine and caboose 

G                 A 
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 

G            A        D 
Dont ask me where Im going 
G            A         D 
Dont ask me where Ive been 
G             A                    D       G      
Those silver ribbons will take me there 
G                        A   G 
There......... and back again 
G         A  G         A               E 
One more time....back again...... 


E 
Traveling to the tune of freight wheels 
                 C#m 
Is such a lonely sound 
E 
Here that lonesome whistle blow 
                   B 
And leave another town 

  A                 B 
I wish someone was waiting 
    A                 B 
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 
A         B  A         B               F# 
One more time....back again......