The Engineers Don't Wave From The Trains Anymore chords by Earl Scruggs

• Capo on 2nd
• Difficulty: Beginner 👶

Key: A#

Intro:

A# F  D# A# A#7 D# A# F  A# Gm  A# F  A#

Chorus:
    A#                             F
The Engineers don't wave from the trains anymore
D#                         A#
Not like they did back in nineteen fifty four
            A#7         D#
They got computers and diesels and things
    A#               F              A#         Gm
The engineers don't wave from the trains anymore
    A#               F              A#
The engineers don't wave from the trains

Verse 1:
                            F
When I was a little boy I'd hang around the tracks
D#                             A#
Watching them trains goin' to Louisville and back
         A#7           D#
I had my dreams and I had my plans
      A#           F         A#
I was gonna be an engineer man

Chorus:
    A#                             F
The Engineers don't wave from the trains anymore
D#                         A#
Not like they did back in nineteen fifty four
            A#7         D#
They got computers and diesels and things
    A#               F              A#         Gm
The engineers don't wave from the trains anymore
    A#               F              A#
The engineers don't wave from the trains

Verse 2:
     A#                      F
Them big old trains used to chug a chug and spew
D#                            A#
They were my heroes and they knew that I knew
          A#7           D#
No matter how far they snaked down the track
          A#             F                     A#
They'd go somewhere and turn around and come back

Chorus:
    A#                             F
The Engineers don't wave from the trains anymore
D#                         A#
Not like they did back in nineteen fifty four
            A#7         D#
They got computers and diesels and things
    A#               F              A#         Gm
The engineers don't wave from the trains anymore
    A#               F              A#
The engineers don't wave from the trains

Break:
A# F  D# A# A#7 D# A# F  A# Gm  A# F  A#

Verse 3:
        A#                         F
There's more important things that changed in the world
D#                           A#
The engineers forgot all us little boys and girls
              A#7       D#
I still get a far away look in my eye
       A#           F             A#
When I hear an old train in the night

Chorus:
    A#                             F
The Engineers don't wave from the trains anymore
D#                         A#
Not like they did back in nineteen fifty four
            A#7         D#
They got computers and diesels and things
    A#               F              A#         Gm
The engineers don't wave from the trains anymore
    A#               F              A#
The engineers don't wave from the trains

Outro:
    A#               F              A#         Gm
The engineers don't wave from the trains anymore
    A#               F              A#
The engineers don't wave from the trains