Empty Trainload Of Sky chords by Gillian Welch

• Difficulty: Beginner 👶

Intro:

 Gm    | A#     | C     | Gm    :
 Gm    | C     | Gm    | Gm    :


Verse 1:
      Gm                   A#
Saw a freight train yesterday
       C                    Gm
It was chugging, plugging away
         Gm                D7
'Cross a river trestle so high
       Gm      A#
Just a boxcar blue
        C               Gm
Showing daylight clear through
        Gm     C              Gm
Just an empty trainload of sky

Instrumental:
 Gm    | A#     | C     | Gm    :
 Gm    | C     | Gm    | Gm    :


Verse 2:
         Gm             A#
Well, it hit me and it hurt me
        C             Gm
Made my good humor desert me
      Gm                       D7
For a moment I was tempted to fly
       Gm            A#
To the Devil or the Lord
      C                  Gm
As it hung there like a sword
        Gm     C              Gm
Just an empty trainload of sky


Bridge:
        C              A#
Was it spirit? Was it solid?
      Gm
Did I ditch that class in college?
           C                A#
Pulled the curtain from my eye
       Gm
I said hey hey, my my


Instrumental:
 C     | A#     | Gm    | Gm    :
 C     | A#     | Gm    | Gm    :
 Gm    | A#     | C     | Gm    :
 Gm    | C     | Gm    | Gm    :


Outro:
      Gm                   A#
Saw a freight train yesterday
       C                    Gm
It was chugging, plugging away
        Gm     C             Gm
Just an empty trainload of sky
        Gm     C             Gm
Just an empty trainload of sky
        Gm     C             Gm     C     Gm
Just an empty trainload of sky