John Anderson - Jessie clay and the 1205

In a ^A2 room trailer ^Gdown by the tracks on the ^Dedge of a Tennessee ^Atown ^GJesse Clay ^Dlived with his lady and a ^Cone eyed Redbone ^Dhound And ^Devery night at ^A12:05, he'd ^Ghear that whistle ^Dwhine And ^DJesse knew the train from Chattanooga was ^Ccomin' by on ^Dtime

And ^Awe all knew old Jesse Clay got ^Gmean when he drank too ^Dmuch And ^AJesse's lady ^Gwore the scars of his ^Cnot too gentle ^Dtouch And ^DJesse knocked her ^Adown one night just for ^Gbustin' a bottle of ^Dgin She ^Dhit her head when she hit the floor and she ^Cnever got up a^Dgain

Now ^AJesse Clay was ^Gcrazy scared when he ^Dsaw her lyin' ^Astill He ^Gtook his lady ^Din his arms and he ^Ccarried her up the ^Dhill He's ^Dlaid her down on a ^Arailroad track just an ^Ghour ahead of the ^Dtrain And ^DJesse knew that soon the 12:0^C5 would take the ^Dblame

And then he ^Awent to town and he waited around till he ^Gthought the time was ^Dright And he ^Atold the law how the ^G12:05 had ^Ctaken his lady's ^Dlife The ^Dsherriff just looked at ^AJesse hard, said you ^Gbetter tell the truth this t^Dime Because the ^D12:05 just jumped the track about ^C10 miles up the ^Dline

And ^Ano one knows what ^Gcaused the train to ^Dleave the tracks that ^Anight It ^Gnever happened be^Dfore or since but it ^Cserved old Jesse ^Dright ^DYou can still hear the ^Atrain whistle whine as it ^Gpasses by this ^Dway But the ^D12:05 won't ever take the ^Cblame for Jesse ^DClay No, the ^D12:05 won't ever take the ^Cblame for Jesse ^DClay