Ghost Trains - guitar chords and comments
Lyrics without distraction HERE
Country songs often deal with a railroad theme, and western songs frequently involve something supernatural. To a puerile extent and as a possibly calculated overkill, songwriter Famous Lashua (yes, it WAS his real first name!) combined this in a song included with Hank Snow's 1963 album "Railroad Man". I've always gotten a thing about trains, so I bought the LP because of the cover. Omigosh, what a treasure ... I laughed my head off. Reasonable adults releasing such balony? The entire album is ridiculous, and this song is on top of the exulting shit I sometimes perform suitably lit up.Am Am7 Am it was early in the fall and a-blowing up a squall F E from the trestle you could hear the weirdest moans Am Am7 Am with a mighty lonesome cry came a whistle from the sky F E and it chilled the very marrow in my bones Am Am7 Am then a loud rushing roar like you never heard before F G turned the blood to icy water in my veins Dm Bb as I watched with rising fear something strange was drawing near A E7 Am and I saw in the clouds ghost trains Am ghost trains ghost trains what a fearful sight F G C The Cannonball and Number Nine were racing through the night Dm E7 Am just as they passed me by I heard the engineer cry D D7 G G7 give her coal ! give her coal ! shovel it on ! C C7 F you could see the fireman grinning in the engine that was winning E E7 Am but I knew before the finish they'd be gone
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