Chord/Tab song: Spike Drivin' Blues

SPIKE DRIVIN' MAN
CHRIS KNIGHT
TRAILER TAPES

[][D]
I musta been born

With steel in my hand
[A]
Probably gonna die
[D]
A Spike Drivin' Man

[D]
I just lay the rail

I don't drive a train
[A]
But if it jumps the track
[D]
I'm gonna hear my name

[D]
Train master says

This train better roll
[A]
Gotta pull the big boss's
[D]
cars of coal

[D]
So I work all night

In the pouring rain
[A]
I hate the train master
[D]
And I hate his train

[G]
Trains roll on and on
[D]
Don't never turn me lose
[Em]
I toss and turn all night long
[Cadd9] [G] [D]
Got the Spike Drivin Blues

[D]
On my way home

Train blocks the road
[A]
Always make me wait
[D]
Make supper cold

[D]
Then me and my wife

Go to sleep in our bed
[A]
'Till the high ball comes
[D]
And wakes the dead

Repeat Chorus

Bridge

[D]
Used to ride the caboose

Used to run the brake
[A]
'Till the bossman said
[D]
that job aint' safe

[D]
Now I'm back on the rail

A hammer in my hand
[A]
I know I'm gonna die
[D]
A Spike Drivin' Man

Repeat Chorus

[D]
Spike Drivin' Blues

Drive a man insane
[A]
I hate the train master
[D]
And I hate his train

NOTE Chris periodically plays a hammer-on with his middle finger on the [D] and [A] strings
at the 3rd fret - Listen to the recording, it's pretty easy to figure out.

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