The Train Carrying Jimmie Rodgers Home chords by Greg Brown

Chords with lyrics

Verse 1:
 G+G         G7G7      C majorC          G+G
  Come along my   dear the   time is growing  near
        E minorEm             A7A7         D MajorD     D7D7
I want you to   walk down to where the   field is over   grown
 G+G               G7G7        C majorC           G+G
  Consumption's claimed his   life and we   dare not miss the   sight
    E minorEm         D MajorD     D7D7        G+G
Of the   train carrying   Jimmie   Rodgers home


Verse 2:
 G+G            G7G7        C majorC         G+G
  We've had some hard   times these   last few years
     E minorEm         A7A7           D MajorD    D7D7
Lost our   farm - almost   lost our spirits,   too
   G+G           G7G7         C majorC           G+G
But   it's the strangest   thing when we   hear that brakeman   sing
  E minorEm         D MajorD      D7D7      G+G
we   knew that some   how we'd   made it   through.

Chorus:
    C majorC
I can   hear that whistle blow
     G+G
That old   train is rollin' slow
         E minorEm         A7A7          D MajorD    D7D7
Sounds like its   crying for the   singing brakeman   too
       G+G           G7G7        C majorC         G+G
Down to the   sunny south he'll   go and he'll   never roam no   more
        E minorEm          D MajorD      D7D7         G+G
Here comes the   train oh hold me   close oh   sweetheart, do


Verse 3:
 G+G         G7G7      C majorC           G+G
  Come my little   son and   let me hold you up
        E minorEm         A7A7          D MajorD     D7D7
I want you to   remember this   day when you are   grown
     G+G         G7G7        C majorC        G+G
How your   mama and your   dad were so   proud and so   sad
       E minorEm         D MajorD     D7D7        G+G
Watching the   train carrying   Jimmie   Rodgers home
        E minorEm         D MajorD     D7D7        G+G
There goes the   train carrying   Jimmie   Rodgers home


Outro:
C majorC G+G D MajorD D7D7 G+G
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