So Long Train Whistle
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Afinação: E A D G B ECapotraste: Sem capotraste
BPM: 71
Released: 1 Jan 1976
Album: My Love Affair With Trains
Note: Music in the provided YouTube starts at 0:36
Capo: No
[Intro]
C Cmaj7
C
[Verse 1]
C Em F C
Daddy's been a railroad man since he was twenty-one,
F C F C
Two years apprenticeship, a brakeman on the Denver run,
C Em F C
Thirty, he made fireman, thirty-five, an engineer,
F C F C C
Now at sixty-five, he's reached the end of his career,
C Em F C
Daddy said he's glad it's over, but he ain't fooling me,
F C F C
Last night I overheard him singing this sad old melody.
[Chorus]
C Em F C
So long, train whistle, so long,
F C
Hmm mmm hmm,
C Em F C
This near generation has no need for you or I,
F C F C
We both served the nation long before it learned to fly,
C Em F C
Nothing lasts forever, now it's our turn to die,
F C
Lord, hear that whistle cry.
[Verse 2]
C Em F C
Daddy's not the only one, the railroad lines are fired,
F C F C
The New York Central Limited has long since been retired,
C Em F C
Chief is gone from Santa Fe, the SP Lark, as well,
F C F C C
How soon the rest will leave the rails? Lord, only time you tell,
C Em
I know that you can't stop progress,
F C
New things happen every day,
F C
We're going to mourn that lonely whistle,
F C
When it finally fades away.
[Chorus]
C Em F C
So long, train whistle, so long,
F C
Hmm mmm hmm,
C Em F C
This near generation has no need for you or I,
F C F C
We both served the nation long before it learned to fly,
C Em F C
Nothing lasts forever, now it's our turn to die,
F C
Lord, hear that whistle cry.
[Outro]
C Em F C
Hmm mmm hmm mmm,
F C F C
Hmm mmm hmm mmm,
C Em F C
Hmm mm mm mmm hmm mm mm mmm,
F C F C
Hear that whistle cry.
C Em F C
Hmm mmm hmm mmm,
F C F C
Hmm mmm hmm mmm,
(Fade Out)
How to play So Long Train Whistle
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