Chords with lyrics
Bloodline
Glen Campbell
written by Stephen Geyer
1976 album Bloodline which followed Rhinestone Cowboy
Intro FF C majorC D MajorD
Verse 1
G+G
In the eyes of the old ones
C majorC D MajorD
Who watched from a distance
G+G G7G7 C majorC D MajorD
It was devilish magic at best
G+G G7G7
But the hearts of the children
C majorC D MajorD
Were filled with excitement
C majorC D MajorD G+G
As they dreamed of their home in the West
Verse 2
C majorC G+G
Oh the engine would fire the black smoke would rise
G7G7 D MajorD
Thru the spray of the slick silver steam
C majorC G+G
It was something of wonder that steel plated thunder
D MajorD G+G B minorBm
That moved the American dream
D MajorD C majorC A augmentedA
That moved the American dream
A augmentedA D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD
Verse 3
A augmentedA
I can hear the sleepy whistle blowin'
D MajorD
I can see the sparks beneath the wheels
A augmentedA
As she leaves the hills behind her
D MajorD
For the ragged cotton fields
A augmentedA B7B7
In a dusty one-horse station
D MajorD A augmentedA
All the children grow impatient
B7B7 D MajorD
And they stare into the distance for a sign
Chorus 1
N/C E MajorE D MajorD G+G A augmentedA
Here she comes can't you hear the whistle whine
E MajorE G+G D MajorD A augmentedA
Here she comes she's rollin' in right on time
E MajorE D MajorD A augmentedA B minorBm
Well I can feel her she's runnin' in my Blood Line
D MajorD A augmentedA
she's Running' in my bloodline
Banjo riff in A augmentedA
Verse 4
A augmentedA
Overman Grady waves his lantern
D MajorD
"All on board" I hear him cry
A augmentedA
While Lucius stokes the cinder Lord
D MajorD
and wipes the coal dirt from his eyes
A augmentedA B7B7
Yes she was proud and full of fire
D MajorD A augmentedA
As she rode that silver wire
B7B7 D MajorD
From the Kansas Plains to the great Sierra Pine
Chorus 2
N/C E MajorE G+G D MajorD A augmentedA
Here she comes can't you hear the whistle whine
E MajorE G+G D MajorD A augmentedA
Here she comes she's rollin' in right on time
E MajorE D MajorD A augmentedA B minorBm
I can feel her she's runnin' in my blood line
D MajorD A augmentedA
yeah running in my bloodline
Riff A augmentedA D MajorD B7B7 D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD B minorBm A augmentedA G+G
Yeah
Verse 5
G+G G7G7
Now the stockyards are empty
C majorC D MajorD
The steel rails are rusted
G+G C majorC D MajorD
They belong to the wind and the sand
G+G
But we long will remember
C majorC D MajorD
the steel and the timber
C majorC G+G
And the pulse that once beat thru this land
Outro
C majorC G+G
Oh the engine would fire the black smoke would rise
G7G7 D MajorD
Thru the spray of the slick silver steam
C majorC G+G
It was something of wonder that steel plated thunder
D MajorD G+G B minorBm Bm7Bm7
That moved the American dream
D MajorD C majorC G+G C majorC
moved the American dream
G+G C majorC
The American dream
G+G C majorC B minorBm Bm7Bm7 G+G
D MajorD r e a m
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