Am
She went upstairs to make her bed
F Am
And not one word to her mother said
Her mother, she went upstairs too
C Am
Said, "Daughter, daughter, what's troubling you?"
[Verse 2]
"Oh, mother, mother, I cannot tell
F Am
That railroad boy that I love so well
He courted me, my life away
C Am
And now with me, he no longer stays