Westbound #9 chords by The Flaming Ember

• Tuning: Standard tuning
• Difficulty: Beginner 👶

SONG:   WESTBOUND #9
ARTIST: THE FLAMING EMBER
VIDEO:  https://youtu.be/vO0v8p6rSTU
TAB BY: DON CZARSKI
EMAIL:  GUITARZAN7@HOTMAIL.COM


                         WESTBOUND #9
                      THE FLAMING EMBER

INTRO:  (NOTE: I will add the INTRO in detail later...)
F# C# B
F# C# B


   PLAY 4x`s
   F#
E --------------
B --------------
G -4------------
D ---4-6-4-6-4--
A --------------
E --------------

CHORUS::
              F#
Catching the Westbound Number Nine
                  C#
Gonna leave this town, leave it far behind
                        B
Gonna leave while I`ve got my peace of mind
                         F#
On the Westbound Number Nine
 C#
Gettin` my tickets for the

 F#
Westbound Number Nine
                  C#
Gonna leave this town, leave it far behind
                        B
Gonna leave while I`ve got my peace of mind
                         F#  C#
On the Westbound Number Nine


VERSE:
F#
 Sittin` on the bank of Holy Creek
 C#
Down by the county line
B
I can hear the sound of all the boss and Lazy Hound
C#
He`s howlin` right on time

F#
 He`s howlin` at the sound of the number nine
 C#
Comin` down the line
        B
And my mind catches a ride
                         F#
On the Westbound Number Nine

        B
And my mind catches a ride
                         F#  C#
On the Westbound Number Nine


CHORUS::
              F#
Catching the Westbound Number Nine
                  C#
Gonna leave this town, leave it far behind
                        B
Gonna leave while I`ve got my peace of mind
                         F#
On the Westbound Number Nine
 C#
Gettin` my tickets for the

 F#
Westbound Number Nine
                  C#
Gonna leave this town, leave it far behind
                        B
Gonna leave while I`ve got my peace of mind
                         F#  C#
On the Westbound Number Nine


VERSE:
F#
My Pa is with his moonshine friends
C#
Drinkin Deacon Jones` bathtub gin
 B
Deacon Jones preachin` about savin` souls
 C#                                B
Yellin` out how the whole town is full of sin

F#
But like Pa and all the rest
C#
He tries to look down Bobbie Sue`s low-cut dress
        B
And my mind catches a ride
                         F#  C#
On the Westbound Number Nine

        B
And my mind catches a ride
                         F#  C#
On the Westbound Number Nine


VERSE:
F#
Ma, I see you`re ashamed to look me in the face
C#
As if I was nothing but a past mistake
 B
Sittin` there at night when Pa comes stumblin` in
 C#                   B      F#
Full of the Deacon`s bathtub gin

 F#
Swearin` and a-cussin` that I wasn`t no kin
C#
I heard his name but Ma knows what he should have been


CHORUS:
 F#
Westbound Number Nine
                  C#
Gonna leave this town, leave it far behind
                        B
Gonna leave while I`ve got my peace of mind
                         F#
On the Westbound Number Nine
 C#
Gettin` my tickets for the


CHORUS/OUTRO: (FADE OUT)
 F#
Westbound Number Nine
                  C#
Gonna leave this town, leave it far behind
                        B
Gonna leave while I`ve got my peace of mind
                         F#  C#
On the Westbound Number Nine