Bloodline chords by Glen Campbell

Bloodline
Glen Campbell
written by Stephen Geyer
1976 album Bloodline which followed Rhinestone Cowboy


Intro F C D

Verse 1

G
In the eyes of the old ones
  C        D
Who watched from a distance
    G    G7    C  D
It was devilish magic at best
    G       G7
But the hearts of the children
   C      D
Were filled with excitement
    C        D      G
As they dreamed of their home in the West

Verse 2

    C           G
Oh the engine would fire the black smoke would rise
              G7   D
Thru the spray of the slick silver steam
    C            G
It was something of wonder that steel plated thunder
   D    G    Bm
That moved the American dream
   D     C    A
That moved the American dream

A D A D

Verse 3

        A
I can hear the sleepy whistle blowin'
       D
I can see the sparks beneath the wheels
    A
As she leaves the hills behind her
    D
For the ragged cotton fields
 A          B7
In a dusty one-horse station
    D         A
All the children grow impatient
             B7      D
And they stare into the distance for a sign

Chorus 1

N/C   E   D         G    A
Here she comes can't you hear the whistle whine
     E      G     D    A
Here she comes she's rollin' in right on time
      E       D     A    Bm
Well I can feel her she's runnin' in my Blood Line
   D          A
she's Running' in my bloodline

Banjo riff in A

Verse 4

A
Overman Grady waves his lantern
    D
"All on board" I hear him cry
    A
 While Lucius stokes the cinder Lord
       D
and wipes the coal dirt from his eyes
      A         B7
Yes she was proud and full of fire
    D        A
As she rode that silver wire
               B7      D
From the Kansas Plains to the great Sierra Pine

Chorus 2

N/C   E   G         D    A
Here she comes can't you hear the whistle whine
     E      G     D    A
Here she comes she's rollin' in right on time
   E       D      A    Bm
I can feel her she's runnin' in my blood line
   D         A
yeah running in my bloodline


Riff A D B7 D A D Bm A G

     Yeah
Verse 5

G            G7
Now the stockyards are empty
C          D
The steel rails are rusted
   G             C  D
They belong to the wind and the sand
    G
But we long will remember
  C       D
the steel and the timber
    C               G
And the pulse that once beat thru this land

Outro

    C           G
Oh the engine would fire the black smoke would rise
              G7   D
Thru the spray of the slick silver steam
    C            G
It was something of wonder that steel plated thunder
   D     G    Bm  Bm7
That moved the American dream
 D    C    G   C
moved the American dream
       G  C
The American dream
G   C    Bm Bm7 G
D r e a m

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