Mandolin Orange — Train Song

Capo on 4

Intro: C D G
 
   G                                 C                G
I never did have that fast train to take me down the line 
    D                                        G      G7
Or smelled the smoke from a hot coal as the engine fired 
      C                              G  (F#  walk down)   Em  
If I could ask that engineer for one more mile and then I’ll go 
              C                D          G
Just let the whistle wail and take it in slow 
 
   G                                 C                G
Take me back to the railroad track and the sounds inside my mind 
    D                                     G  G7
Where rusty wheels and steel rails still whine 
   C                              G  (F#  walk down) Em  
Where I can hop that 909 and go back in time some time ago 
              C                D          G
Just let the whistle wail and take it in slow 
 
G C G | D G G7
C G Em | C D G
 
   G                         C             G
Park my horse and buggie by some old lazy creek 
    D                                   G      G7
Take my car to the graveyard and dig a hole real deep 
  C                              G  (F#  walk down)   Em  
We’ll holler “rest in peace” and weep, lay track on every street 
              C                D          G
Let the whistle wail and give the rail my soul to keep 
 
  C                              G  (F#  walk down) Em  
Mr. engineer just one more mile and then I’ll go 
              C                D        G
Just let the whistle wail and take it in slow 
              C                D        G
Let the whistle wail and take it in slow