Kansas City Southern
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Afinação: E A D G B ETecla: ECapotraste: Sem capotraste
Pure Praire League-Kansas City Southern from the Album Two Lane Highway
Tune Eb, Capo 3 Key of B, A Form
[Verse 1]
A
When I was a young man, and the evening sun went down
A A# B C# D
I'd walk along those railroad tracks and I'd listen for that sound
D A G# G# A
Kansas City Southern......man o man that's a lonesome sound!
E D
Well I'd sit and watch those trains go by and I'd wish
D A A A
that I was onward bound.
[Verse 2]
A
Well I dream about the big cities and the pleasures that I keep
A A# B C# D
Along about 12:30 through the phases of my sleep I hear that
D A G# G# A
Kansas City Southern....man, man that's a lonesome sound!
E D
Well I sit and watch those trains go by and I wish
D A
that I was onward bound.
[Chorus]
A F#m
Won't you blow.... whistle blow!
A F#m A A A
Won't you blow.... whistle blow!
[Verse 3]
A
I been a couple-a places... I seen a lotta things...
A A# B C# D
Whenever I reach back in time my memory starts to ring I hear that
D A G# G# A
Kansas City Southern.......man O man that's a lonesome sound
E D
Now I sit and watch those trains go by and I wish
D A
that I was homeward bound.
[Chorus]
A F#m
Won't you blow.... whistle blow!
A F#m
Won't you blow.... whistle blow!
A F#m
Won't you blow.....whistle blow!
A F#m
Won't you blow... Fade Out
How to play Kansas City Southern
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