Brakemans Blues

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Portland Maine is just the same as sunny Tennessee
        C                                       G
I said Portland Maine is just the same as sunny Tennessee
         D                                             G
Boy, any old place I hang my hat is home sweet home to me
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G                                                    C
Well I went down to the depot and I looked up on the board
            C                                        G
Well I went down to the depot and I looked up on the board
            D                                                G
You know it said it's good times here but better on down the road
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G
Well I'll eat my breakfast hereeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee Yahaho
                     C
and eat my dinner in New Orleans
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Well I'll eat my breakfast, I'll eat my breakfast, I'll eat my breakfast here
                     D
and eat my dinner in New Orleans
D                                             G
I'm gonna find me a woman, Lord I ain't never seen
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G
Where was your momma when my train left the shed?
               C                        G
Where was your momma? My train left the shed
      D
I was hanging by my front door wishing to God I was dead
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G                                                  C
Well I went to a little gypsy at a fortune telling place
                C
That’s right... I went to a little gypsy at a fortune telling place
    D
She reeeeeaaadd my mind...
G
So then she slapped my face
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