The Runaway Train chords by Michael Holliday

Chords with lyrics

Intro:


A minorAm             DmDm A minorAm       E7E7
   T'was in the year of '89 on that old Chicago line,
A minorAm       E7E7        A minorAm
When the winter wind was blowin' shrill,
A minorAm            DmDm          A minorAm         E7E7
The rails were froze, the wheels were cold, and then the air brakes wouldn't hold,
  B7B7               E MajorE    G7G7
And Number 9 came roaring down the hill -- oh!

Verse 1:
   C majorC
The runaway train come down the track and she blew,
C majorC                       G7G7
The runaway train came down the track and she blew,
C majorC           FF          C majorC          G7G7
The runaway train come down the track, her whistle wide and her throttle back,
    C majorC    G7G7     C majorC
And she blew,ew, ew, ew, ew, ew

Verse 2:
C majorC
The engineer said the train must halt and she blew,
C majorC                       G7G7
The engineer said the train must halt and she blew,
C majorC           FF           C majorC          G7G7
The engineer said the train must halt -- he said it was all the fireman's fault,
    C majorC    G7G7   C majorC
And she blew ew, ew, ew, ew

Verse 3:
C majorC
Now the fireman said he rang the bell and she blew,
C majorC                     G7G7
The fireman said he rang the bell and she blew,
  C majorC        FF          C majorC         G7G7
The fireman said he rang the bell -- the engineer said "You did like .....!"
    C majorC    G7G7   C majorC
And she blew ew, ew, ew, ew

Verse 4:
C majorC
The porter got an awful fright and she blew,
C majorC                   G7G7
The porter got an awful fright and she blew,
  C majorC       FF         C majorC        G7G7
The porter got an awful fright -- he got so scared he near turned white,
    C majorC    G7G7     C majorC
As she blew,ew, ew, ew, ew, ew


Verse 5:
C majorC
The conductor said there'll be a wreck and she blew,
C majorC                       G7G7
The conductor said there'll be a wreck and she blew,
  C majorC           FF         C majorC          G7G7
The conductor said there'd be a wreck and he felt the chills run up his neck,
    C majorC    G7G7   C majorC
And she blew ew, ew, ew, ew


Verse 6:
C majorC
The runaway train went over the hill and she blew,
C majorC                      G7G7
The runaway train went over the hill and she blew,
  C majorC         FF           C majorC           G7G7
The runaway train went over the hill and the last we heard she was going still,
    C majorC    G7G7     C majorC