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The Last Time I Rode a Train

¾ Time Jimmie Rodgers style – key of D but I play it in C, capo 2   .       C                                   … Continue reading

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The Bargain Barber

.           I                    II                           IV             I Well I … Continue reading

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Manitoba Blues

A Up in Manitoba, don’t know where to go A Going back to T.O. down in Ontario A                   D                         … Continue reading

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Westbound

The song was originally called CNR Westbound, a song about travelling by freight train between Winnipeg and Edmonton. E                                           … Continue reading

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La Belle from Quebec

Ma Belle, Ma Belle, Ma Belle from Old Quebec Ma Belle, Ma Belle I haven’t found her yet   I took a vacation in La Belle Province Found me a sweetheart and I asked her to dance We were smiling … Continue reading

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Hitchhiker’s Blues

C                                                  A Standing in the road I wasn’t doing any wrong D         … Continue reading

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The Double Cuts

I saw this great country/western swing band at the Pig’s Ear in Peterborough.  Here’s a video of them filmed at the Cameron House in Toronto.

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Riding the Rails in Mexico – Part 1

I spent Sunday night in a pretty sleazy motel in Los Mochis, near the west coast. There were a couple dozen hookers outside, and the motel staff didn’t want to rent me a room for the whole night. In the … Continue reading

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The Last Time I Rode a Train

¾ Time Jimmie Rodgers style Capo 2 (D) Chorus .       C                                           F                       C The last … Continue reading

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Trail to Liard

E                                                               A We’re rumbling down the road and we … Continue reading

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