D
G
D
When I was a boy in the days of the train
Bm
A
I’d sit by the tracks on a long summer day
G
D
And I’d wave at the brakesman, And he’d wave back at me
Bm
A
D
While the thunderclouds rolled… Out of East Tennessee
D
G
D
But the dreams of a boy disappear when you’re grown
Bm
A
And though I may dream, the railroads are gone
G
D
The ties they are rotten And the tracks shot to hell
Bm
A
D
Along with my dreams… and the old railroad bell
D
G
A
D
In my dreams I ride the rails to California
G
A
D
Workin’ diners and farms along the way
G
A
D
Or I’d hop a ride to hide across the border
G
A
D
With a black eyed girl beside me all the way
D
G
D
Now the mountains are silent And the railroads are gone
Bm
A
And the coal towns no longer hear the miners at dawn
G
D
But the train whistle shrills out her memories to me
Bm
A
D
While the thunderclouds roll… out of East Tennessee
D
G
A
D
In my dreams I ride the rails to California
G
A
D
Workin’ diners and farms along the way
G
A
D
Or I’d hop a ride to hide across the border
G
A
D
With a black eyed girl beside me all the way
D
G
D
Now the mountains are silent And the railroads are gone
Bm
A
And the coal towns no longer hear the miners at dawn
G
D
But the train whistle shrills out her memories to me
Bm
A
D
While the thunderclouds roll… out of East Tennessee
A
G
D
Bm
