Texas Eagle chords by Steve Earle

Chords with lyrics

Verse 1:

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My Grandaddy was a railroad man
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When I was young he took me by the hand
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Dragged me to the station at the break of dawn
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Said "boy I got to show you somethin' 'fore it's gone"
    A7A7
She was blue and silver - she was right on time
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We rode that Texas Eagle on the Mopac line

Verse 2:

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We had some sandwiches that Granma packed
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We rode to Palestine and hitchhiked back
E7E7
Home in time for supper with a tale to tell
                      B7B7   E MajorE
That night I dreamed I heard that lonesome whistle wail
A7A7
When I got old enough to take the train alone
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I rode that Texas Eagle down to San Antone


Verse 3:

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Nowadays they don't make no trains
                    B7B7   E MajorE
Just the piggyback freighters and them Amtrak things
E7E7
They shut the Eagle down awhile ago
                B7B7 E MajorE
Sold it to the railroad down in Mexico
A7A7
But every now and then that whistle's on my mind
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I ride that Texas Eagle 'cross the borderline