From A Boxcar Door lyrics and chords

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From A Boxcar Door
Recorded by Boxcar Willie
Written by Lecil Travis Martin 
 
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I've seen the 'gators and the skeeters
                            D7
Down in the swamps of Louisian

I've seen the Painted Desert
                                   G
I've traveled across Texas burning sand


I've seen the great Rocky Mountains
                        G7           C
That reach up where the mighty eagle soars
         D7
You know big or small I've seen it all
              G
From a boxcar door


I've seen those wheat fields out in Kansas
                                   D7
In Iowa I've watched the tall corn grow
                           
Seen 'em picking fruit in Florida
                                    G
Watched 'em digging taters up in Idaho


I've seen the factories in Detroit
                  G7              C
I've seen a small country general store
    D7
And big or small I've seen it all
              G
From a boxcar door

              
I've seen the coal mines in Kentucky
                                    D7
I've seen the steel mills in Birmingham

I've seen the Appalachians seen the Hoover
                          G
And I've seen every other dam


I've seen the great Salt Lake in Utah
                      G7      C
I've heard the mighty Ni-agra roar
     D7
Yeah big or small I've seen it all
              G
From a boxcar door


I've seen the great Potomac River

                               D7
The wide Missouri and the O-hi-o
                     
I've seen the Colorado
                                    G
I've watched the mighty Mississippi flow


I've seen the great Atlantic Ocean
                       G7     C
I've seen California's golden shore
         D7
You know big or small I've seen it all
              G
From a boxcar door


I've seen the black man in the ghettos
                                        D7
On the reservation I've watched the Navajo

I've seen the migrant workers
                                     G
In the fields from Maine down to Mexico


I've seen the rich man in his penthouse
                     G7            C
The shanties and the shacks of the poor
     D7
Yeah big or small I've seen it all
              G
From a boxcar door


But my travels are not over
                                       D7
There's lots more that I've just gotta see

Every day's a new adventure
                                       G
And I thank the Lord for letting me be free

         
When I hop aboard a boxcar
                     G7              C
And hear that mighty engine start to roar
         D7
You know big or small I'll see you all
              G
From a boxcar door
     D7                                          G
Yeah big or small I'll see you all from a boxcar door

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