{"id":54,"date":"2002-04-15T02:01:11","date_gmt":"2002-04-14T21:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chengrob.com\/blog\/?p=54"},"modified":"2024-11-29T02:38:52","modified_gmt":"2024-11-28T21:38:52","slug":"railroad-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chengrob.com\/blog\/2002\/04\/railroad-man\/","title":{"rendered":"Railroad Man"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>Railroad Man<\/h2>\n<p>Hoffman Cheng<br \/>\nApril 2002<\/p>\n<!--[if lt IE 9]><script>document.createElement('audio');<\/script><![endif]-->\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-54-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/chengrob.com\/songs\/railroadman.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/chengrob.com\/songs\/railroadman.mp3\">https:\/\/chengrob.com\/songs\/railroadman.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<pre>Bm\nHe was only 17\nG\nWhen he got his first job\nA\nRiding his rail was his dream\nBm\nChecking in at every stop\nD\nHanging out the lights\nC\nWorking through the night\nA           G                D\nHe was born to be a railroad man\n\n\nBm\nRolling out at dawn\nG\nTo the station he would go\nA\nThat whistle was his song\nBm\nTrain moving slow\nD\nPeople rushing in\nC\nHis journey soon begins\nA              G             D\nHe was born to be a railroad man\n\n\nBridge\nC\nTrain rocking down the tracks\nD\nNo chance for looking back\nA\nRailroad has to be\nG                 D\nSomewhere else by three\n\n\nBm\nCarolina was his home\nG\nTwo kids and a wife\nA\nHe didn't want to roam\nBm\nBut the railroad was his life\nD\nNothing could compare\nC\nWith what the steel and he shared\nA              G             D\nHe was born to be a railroad man\n\n\nChorus\nC             G\nRock yourself to sleep\nD             A\nRailroad man, Railroad man\nC              G\nLong hours you must keep\nD             A\nRailroad man, Railroad man\nEm\nYour family's fast asleep\nD\nRailroad man\nC                D\nYour train keeps rolling on\n\n\nBm\nWell that final whistle blew\nG\nHe boarded heaven's train\nA\nHe knew that this time\nBm\nHe'd not come back again\nD\nWhen that train pulled out\nC\nHe heard the angels shout\nA                    G\nIt's time for you to rest\nD\nRailroad man<\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Railroad Man Hoffman Cheng April 2002 https:\/\/chengrob.com\/songs\/railroadman.mp3 Bm He was only 17 G When he got his first job A Riding his rail was his dream Bm Checking in at every stop D Hanging out the lights C Working through the night A G D He was born to be a railroad man Bm Rolling [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chengrob.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chengrob.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chengrob.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chengrob.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chengrob.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/chengrob.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5265,"href":"https:\/\/chengrob.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54\/revisions\/5265"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chengrob.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chengrob.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chengrob.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}