Written by Tom Britt/Daryl Burgess
Intro: G C G C G C G C D G C G Can you hear it cross the valley C G Can you hear that mournful sound C G I'm riding rails of silver C D G Going to where I'm bound C G High above the fields of clover C G On a lazy, hot July C G When I get to where I'm going C D G I'll hold my head up high Instrumental: G C G C G C G C D G C G I will roll across these mountains C G I will take the last train out C G Riding rails of silver C D G Going to where I'm bound C G Roses, dust and ashes C G Throw them where I lay C G And if by chance you see me C D G C There'll be no sorrow on my face Bridge: G C I will see the beauty Cadd9 C G C I only wish that you could see G C I'll leave my body weakened Cadd9 C G I'll leave my soul to wander free___, so free C G So if you should see a diamond C G Fall down from the sky C G It's just a teardrop C D G From the corner of my eye D As good-bye, as I fly C To where I'm bound OUTRO: C G C G C G C D G