Iris DeMent

The Train Carrying Jimmie Rodgers Home(Chords)

Iris DeMent

Key: G

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 G		          G7		 C		      G 
Come along, my dear, the time is growing near. 
	          (Em)          G              A         A7    D     D7 
We'll have to walk down where the field is overgrown. 
      G		                G7	           C		           G 
Consumption's claimed his life and we dare not miss the sight 
 	   Em  (C)	        D	    D7        G 
Of the train carrying Jimmie Rodgers home. 

               G		      G7	      C	    G 
Well, we had some hard times these last few years, 
 	     Em	G       A          A7      D        D7 
Lost the farm, almost lost our spirits, too. 
                G		          G7	                 C		       G 
Yeah, but it's the strangest thing; when we heard that man sing, 
 	    Em    (C)    D	          D7         G         G7 
Oh, we knew somehow we'd make it through. 
  
C (Am7) G Em I can hear that whistle blow; that old train's a-movin' slow. G Em A A7 D (D7) Sounds like it's cryin' for that singing brakeman, too. G G7 C (Am7) G Back to the sunny south he'll go, and he'll never roam no more, Em (G) D D7 G Here's the train, oh hold me close, oh, sweetheart, do.
G G7 C G Come here, my little one, let me hold you up. (Em) G A A7 D D7 Want you to remember this day when you are grown, G G7 C G How your mama and your dad were so proud and so sad Em (G) D D7 G Watching the train carrying Jimmie Rodgers home. Chorus Em (G) D D7 G There goes the train carrying Jimmie Rodgers home. G D C G Oh-de-lay-ee, Ay-dee, oh- oo

Written by Greg Brown

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