Empty Trainload Of Sky Chords by Gillian Welch

Empty Trainload Of Sky by Gillian Welch

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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

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