Chords with lyrics
Tuning: Standard (
E MajorE 
A augmentedA 
D MajorD 
G+G 
BB E MajorE)
D MajorD A augmentedA
Thrown off the bridge
D MajorD G+G
To the river by the ridge
D MajorD G+G D MajorD
Was the iron mountain baby
D MajorD A augmentedA
A majorA man walking by
D MajorD G+G
Said he heard a little cry
D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD
And he found him in a suitcase
D MajorD A augmentedA
Fifty feet down
D MajorD G+G
from the train to the ground
D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD
It's a miracle that he survived
D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD G+G
What are the chances that a man would be standin' there
D MajorD G+G D MajorD
And take him home to his wife
Chorus 1:
G+G D MajorD
Sarah Jane
A augmentedA D MajorD
Sarah Jane
G+G D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD
Be a mama to the boy from the train
G+G D MajorD
Sarah Jane
A augmentedA D MajorD
Sarah Jane
G+G D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD
Be a mama to the boy from the train
D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD G+G D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD
Five days old with a hand that could hold in a grip around your finger
D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD G+G D MajorD G+G D MajorD
Old Sarah Jane, no she never did complain, cause she loved the little stranger
D MajorD A augmentedA
She brought him back to health
D MajorD G+G
And she kept him for herself
D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD
When some women tried to claim him
D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD G+G
"If you'd been a good mama then you never would've wanna
D MajorD G+G D MajorD
Gone and thrown him off of the train then"
Chorus 1:
G+G D MajorD
Sarah Jane
A augmentedA D MajorD
Sarah Jane
G+G D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD
Be a mama to the boy from the train
G+G D MajorD
Sarah Jane
A augmentedA D MajorD
Sarah Jane
G+G D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD
Be a mama to the boy from the train
Chorus 2:
G+G D MajorD G+G D MajorD
Woo oo baby!
G+G D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD
Woo oo you're my baby now!
G+G D MajorD G+G D MajorD
Woo oo baby!
G+G D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD
Woo oo you're my baby now!
D MajorD A augmentedA
A majorA picture in the paper
D MajorD G+G
Showed the baby like an angel
D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD
With the savior and the suitcase
D MajorD A augmentedA
What kind of devil
D MajorD G+G
Could have thrown the little fellow
D MajorD G+G D MajorD
Off the train in the first place?
D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD G+G D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD
His mama must've died givin' birth to the child, and the daddy went crazy
D MajorD G+G D MajorD G+G A augmentedA D MajorD
Got on the train with a heart full of pain and took it out on the baby
Chorus 1:
G+G D MajorD
Sarah Jane
A augmentedA D MajorD
Sarah Jane
G+G D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD
Be a mama to the boy from the train
G+G D MajorD
Sarah Jane
A augmentedA D MajorD
Sarah Jane
G+G D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD
Be a mama to the boy from the train
Chorus 2:
G+G D MajorD G+G D MajorD
Woo oo baby!
G+G D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD
Woo oo you're my baby now!
G+G D MajorD G+G D MajorD
Woo oo baby!
G+G D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD
Woo oo you're my baby now!
D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD G+G D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD
A augmentedA civil war vet went to see if he could get a bit of timber for a new barn
D MajorD A augmentedA D MajorD G+G A augmentedA D MajorD
The number 4 sped. From the train overhead came the itty bitty newborn
