[Am] I wanna share a tale with you [C] about the 'merican dream, [F] When all the railroads ran on time and our [Am] nation ran on steam. [Am] Behind the tracks and railroad tyres, a [C] hero took command [G7] Of connecting every town, he was [E] called... the Railroad [Am] Man! (The Railroad Man!)
[Am] The Railroad Man... can you [Em] take me to San Fran? [D] Can you take me down to Tennessee [Am] across the railroad man? And [F] Can you take me up Mt Everest and [C] into Disneyland? [G] Can you get me there on time, oh can you [E] do it? Railroad [Am] Man! (Railroad Man! Railroad Man!)
[Am] They called him that because he built the [C] railroads and was male; [F] And they called 'em railroads 'cause they were like [Am] roads except with rails.
[Am] His eyes they say were made of coal, his [C] toes were railroad spikes; [F] His trains had seven stars on yelp and a [Am] billion Facebook likes.
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[Am] He made all of the track you see, hooked [C] up the USA; [F] And he could have kept on going if not [Am] for that fateful day. [Am] These two weird fellas came to town and [C] invented human flight; [G] They called their ship an "aeroplane" and [E] themselves... the Brothers [Am] Wright! (The Brothers Wright!)
They said, [Am] "Our planes can transfer man [C] without the need for rail; [Fadd9] Your industry is dying and your [Am] dream's going to fail! [Am] So pull up your slacks and pack your tracks and [C] get on out of town; [G7] We don't need steam or steel beams to [Am] get ourselves around."
Railroad Man was none too pleased about that. He said, [Am] "Two Wrights don't make a right, and [C] dang if that ain't wrong! [F] Hey that lyric ain't half-bad, I hope it [Am] ends up in a song. [Am] If God intended man to fly, we'd [C] be born in a flock; [F] Those Wright Brothers and their flight machine can [Am] go and suck a cock! [Am] Those Wright Brothers can sniff my biff, they can [C] give my ass a smell; [G] They can lick my shaft, and (?????) and [E] their plane can burn in hell." [Am]
[Am] The Wright Brothers they challenged him; they said, [C] "You think you're great? [Fadd9] Can your steam trains do a loop-de-loop [Am] without losing their freight? [Am] And if you do it we'll leave town and [C] we won't ever come back; [G7] But if you fail you can take your rail and [Am] shove it up your crack!"
"Naww, the hell with you Wright Brothers, the sky's for birds!" "And the ground's for turds, and you sir are the latter word."
[Am] Railroad Man! Can you [Em] rise to their demand? [D] Can your trains do a loop-de-loop, can they [Am] do it all on land? [F] Wilbur's talking smack about your track, Orville's [C] railing on your rails; [G] Can you beat their ass with steam and brass, and [E] even steel and nails? The Railroad [Am] Man.
[Am] The Railroad Man he spent a month [C] looping up his track, [Fadd9] Then he gathered up the townsfolk and he [Am] told 'em to stand back. [Am] The train had started chugging, and the [C] loop-de-loop drew near, [G7] The train it was America, its [Am] freight our hopes and fears. [Am] Everyone watched in silence, you could [C] hear a needle drop; [Fadd9] The train it went straight up the loop and [Am] right on to the top...
[Am] The Railroad Man was finished, [C] he knew he'd had his run, [Fmaj7] The airplane beat him fair and square, and the [E] railroad days were [Am] done.
[Am] But before he died he wrote a note for [C] anyone that flies; [F] He wrote it all in railroad, so he could [Am] read it from the sky. [Am] So take a look there down below, [C] written in the land, [G] You'll see the final dying words [E] of... the Railroad [Am] Man! (The Railroad Man!) The Railroad Man! (The Railroad Man!) The Railroad Man!