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Date: Wed, 31 Dec 1997 22:05:08 -0800 From: Michael G Herron Subject: CRD:Waiting_for_a_Train.crd by Jimmie Rodgers "Waiting for a Train" by Jimmie Rodgers Lyrics were taken from a Boz Scaggs cover from the album "Boz Scaggs" on Atlantic SD 19166. Chords in ( ) are optional Intro: D D#dim A F#7 D E7 A E7

^AAll around t^E7he water tank,^A waiti^A7ng for ^Da train ^D#dim ^A ^A7 ^D E9 (E7) ^D#dim ^A ^F#7 ^B7 A thousand miles away from home, sleeping in the rain

I walk up to the brakeman, and give him line of talk He says if you've got the money, I'll see that you don't walk I haven't got a nickel, not a penny can I show D D#dim A F#7 B7 E7 A (E7 A) Get off get off you railroad bum, he slammed the boxcar door He put me off in Texas, a state I dearly love The wide open spaces around me, the moon and stars up above Nobody seems to want me, or lend me a helping hand I am on my way from 'frisco, I am going to dixieland Though my pocketbook is empty, and my heart is full of pain I am a thousand miles away from home just waiting for a train ----------------------------------------------------------------- Please add any corrections, variations of lyrics, or other keys. -----------------------------------------------------------------

Rodgers Jimmie - Waiting for a train (chords)