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Choo Choo Train:The Box Tops. #17 USA, #18 Canada and #96 in Australia in 1968. [Verse 1]

^FI got a present for brother..choo choo train. And I'm just ^Bbdyin' to see my dear old mother..

choo choo train.

So, ^Cdon't slow down til you see my home town. [Chorus] Choo choo ^Ftrain..choo choo ^Dtrain.^D7 I ^Gknow you're not a jet ^Caeroplane. But you see my ^Fbaby's waitin' at the station. So, ^Bbgive me just a little more acceleration..

choo, choo, choo, choo, choo, choo, choo,

choo, choo ^Ftrain, yeah. [Verse 2] ^FI got me a one-way ticket home..choo choo train. All my ^Bbwild oats, choo choo, done been sown.

choo choo train.

So, ^Cdon't slow down til you see my home town. [Chorus] Choo choo ^Ftrain..choo choo ^Dtrain^D7. I ^Gknow you're not a jet ^Caeroplane. But you see my ^Fbaby's waitin' at the station. So, ^Bbgive me just a little more acceleration..

choo, choo, choo, choo, choo, choo, choo,

choo, choo ^Ftrain, yeah. [Verse 3] ^FChoo choo train, choo choo ^Dtrain.^D7. ^Gcan't you see the poor boy's, goin' in^Csane?.. ^FChoo choo train..choo choo ^Dtrain.. ^GI gotta see my baby once more, a^Cgain..

[Outro]

Choo choo ^Ftrain..choo choo ^Dtrain^D7..(Fade.)

A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.

The Box Tops - Choo choo train