Off of The Dirty South This ones pretty simple, just one chord progression and then a riff. Intro: Cmaj Fmaj Fmaj Cmaj Verse 1:

^CmajThe clouds started forming at ^Fmajfive o'clock pm ^FmajThe funnel clouds touched down five miles ^Cmajnorth of Russellville ^CmajSirens were blowing, c^Fmajlouds spat rain ^Fmajand as the things came threw, ^Cmajit sounded like a train

Verse 2: "It came without no warning" said Bobbi Jo McLean She and husband Nolen always loved to watch the rain It sucked him out the window, he ain't come home again All she can remember is "It sounded like a train" Bridge: (no chord, play riff 4x before lyrics, but mix it up some) ----------------| ------5---------| 4-7-4---7-4-5/7-| ----------------| ----------------| ----------------| I've put an X at about where you should start the riff X X Pieces of that truck stop, litter up the highway, I been told X Cmaj And I hear that missing trucker ended up in Kansas

^Fmaj(or maybe it was Oz). ^Fmaj ^Cmaj ^CmajVerse^Fmaj 3: ^Fmaj ^Cmaj The Nightmare Tour ended for my band and me the night all the shit went down A homecoming concert, the night the tornadoes hit my hometown. The few who braved the weather got sucked out the auditorium I can still remember the sound of their applause in the rain as it echoed through them storm clouds, I swear, It sounded like a train.

Patterson Hood / Drive-By Truckers / © Soul Dump Music (BMI) For Chuck Tremblay / (Originally written for Adam's House Cat - November 1988) Tabbed by D-PAC

Drive-By Truckers - Tornadoes