Intro:
Em C G D Em C G D Em C G D Em C G D G Em G Em
Verse
G Em
Well I waited all night by the railroad tracks,
G Em
Hoping that train would come soon.
G Em
I got two more smokes, half a bottle of scotch,
C D Em
Man, I ain't got too much to lose.
G Em
I toss slop at a local truck stop,
G Em
In a town just out of Pittsburgh, PA.
G Em
I make two twenty five but I still ain't alive,
C D Em
Lord I need a Texas bound train.
D C Em
Yeah, I gotta find a Texas bound train.
G C G
Take me I want to go,
Em C G
I want to see where that red river flows.
C G
Steel wheels burnin? into the night,
Em C G Em C G
Take this cowboy home on a midnight ride.
D Em C G
On a midnight ride...
D Em
On a midnight ride...
Instrumental
C G D Em C G D G Em G Em
Verse
G Em
It's a long trip down them railroad tracks,
G Em
To Texas I've never seen.
G Em
I've heard stories of toil about old men and their oil,
C D Em
And how they lost their riches and dreams.
G Em
Now, the angels came down in my dreams last night,
G Em
While outside it was stormin? rain.
G Em
There was a rhythm of drops beatin? on the rooftops,
C D Em
And the angels sang of a train.
D C Em
They sang you gotta find a Texas bound train
G C G
Take me I want to go,
Em C G
I want to see where that red river flows.
C G
Steel wheels burnin? into the night,
Em C G Em C G
Take this cowboy home on a midnight ride.
D Em C G D
On a midnight ride...
G C G
Take me I want to go,
Em C G
I want to see where that red river flows.
C G
Steel wheels burnin? into the night,
Em C G Em C G
Take this cowboy home on a midnight ride.
D Em C G
On a midnight ride...
D Em C G
On a midnight ride...
D Em C G D G6
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