Doc Watson

The Train That Carried My Girl From Town(Chords)

Doc Watson

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Intro: G G Am G 

Verse 
G 
Where was you when the train left town? 
G                                  D         G 
I's standin' on the corner with my head hung down. 
G        D     F                    G 
Hey, the train carried my girl from town, 
G    D     G 
Hey, heyey hey. 

Train sound Instrumental 
G G Am G 

Verse 
G 
I wish to the Lord that the train would wreck, 
         G                      D         G 
Kill the engineer and break the fireman's neck. 
G         D     F                    D 
Hey, that train carried my girl from town 
G    D     G 
Hey, heyey hey. 

Instrumental: G G Am G 

Verse 
G 
Rations on the table and the coffee's gettin' cold, 
G                           D     G 
some dirty rounder stole my jelly roll. 
G         D     F                    D 
Hey, that train carried my girl from town 
G    D     G 
Hey, heyey hey. 

Train sound Instrumental 
G G Am G 

Verse 
G 
There goes my girl, somebod bring her back, 
       G                        D     G 
'Cause she's got her hand in my money sack. 
G         D     F                    D 
Hey, that train carried my girl from town 
G    D     G 
Hey, heyey hey. 

Train sound Instrumental 
G G Am G 

Outro 
G 
Ashes to ashes and dust to dust, 
     G                        D       G 
Lord show me the woman that a man can trust. 
G         D     F                    D 
Hey, that train carried my girl from town 
G    D     G 
Hey, heyey hey.
	        

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