Daddy Whats A Train Chords

Key: E 🎸 Intro: D 🎸 Chorus: D G Daddy what's a train? Is it something I can ride? D Em A Does it carry lots of grown-up folks and little kids inside? D G Is it bigger than our house? Well, how can I explain D G A D When my little boy and girl ask me "Daddy what's a train " 🎸 Verse 1: D G When I was just a boy and living by the track D Em A Us kids would gather up the coal in big old gunnysacks D G Then we heard the warning sound as the train pulled into view D G A D The engineer would smile and wave as she went rolling through

🎸 Verse 2: D G She blew so loud and clear, we had to cover up our ears D Em A And we counted cars just as high as we could go D G I can almost hear the steam, those big old drivers scream D G A D A sound my little kids will never know 🎸 Chorus: D G Daddy what's a train? Is it something I can ride? D Em A Does it carry lots of grown-up folks and little kids inside? D G Is it bigger than our house? Well, how can I explain D G A D When my little boy and girl ask me "Daddy what's a train " 🎸 Verse 3: D G I guess the times have changed, kids are different now D Em A Cause some don't even seem to know that milk comes from a cow D G My little boy can tell the names of all the baseball stars D G A D I remember how we memorized the names on railroad cars 🎸 Verse 4: D G The Wabash and the TP Lackawanna, the IC Em A The Nickel Plate and the good old Santa Fe D G Just names out of the past I guess they're fading fast D G A D Every time I hear my little boy say 🎸 Chorus: D G Daddy what's a train? Is it something I can ride? D Em A Does it carry lots of grown-up folks and little kids inside? D G Is it bigger than our house? Well, how can I explain D G A D When my little boy and girl ask me "Daddy what's a train " 🎸 Verse 5: D G We climbed into the car, drove down into town D Em A Right up to the depot house, but no one was around D G We searched the yard together for something I could show D G A D But I knew there hadn't been a train for a dozen years or so 🎸 Verse 6: D G All the things I did when I was just a kid D Em A How far away those memories appear D G I guess it's plain to see they still mean a lot to me D G A D Because my ambition was to be an engineer 🎸 Chorus: D G Daddy what's a train? Is it something I can ride? D Em A Does it carry lots of grown-up folks and little kids inside? D G Is it bigger than our house? Well, how can I explain D G A D When my little boy and girl ask me "Daddy what's a train " 🎸 Outro: D G D