Greg Brown - The train carrying jimmie rodgers home

^G Come along my ^G7 dear the ^C time is growing ^G near I want you to ^Em walk down to where the ^A7 field is over ^D grown ^{D7 G} Consumption's claimed his ^G7 life and we ^C dare not miss the ^G sight Of the ^Em train carrying ^D Jimmie ^D7 Rodgers home ^G

^G We've had some hard ^G7 times these ^C last few years ^G Lost our ^Em farm - almost ^A7 lost our spirits, ^D too ^D7 But ^G it's the strangest ^G7 thing when we ^C hear that brakeman ^G sing we ^Em knew that some ^D how we'd ^D7 made it ^G through.

I can ^C hear that whistle blow That old ^G train is rollin' slow Sounds like its ^Em crying for the ^A7 singing brakeman ^D too ^D7 Down to the ^G sunny south he'll ^G7 go and he'll ^C never roam no ^G more Here comes the ^Em train oh hold me ^D close oh ^D7 sweetheart, do ^G

^G Come my little ^G7 son and ^C let me hold you up ^G I want you to ^Em remember this ^A7 day when you are ^D grown ^D7 How your ^G mama and your ^G7 dad were so ^C proud and so ^G sad Watching the ^Em train carrying ^D Jimmie ^D7 Rodgers home ^G There goes the ^Em train carrying ^D Jimmie ^D7 Rodgers home ^G

^C(Yo^Gdel^D aw^D7ay h^Gere...)