The Train Carrying Jimmie Rodgers Home

G G7 C G Come along, my dear, the time is growing near. (Em) G A A7 D D7 We'll have to walk down where the field is overgrown. G G7 C G Consumption's claimed his life and we dare not miss the sight Em (C) D D7 G Of the train carrying Jimmie Rodgers home. G G7 C G Well, we had some hard times these last few years, Em G A A7 D D7 Lost the farm, almost lost our spirits, too. G G7 C G Yeah, but it's the strangest thing; when we heard that man sing, Em (C) D D7 G G7 Oh, we knew somehow we'd make it through. [Refrão] C (Am7) G Em I can hear that whistle blow; that old train's a-movin' slow. G Em A A7 D (D7) Sounds like it's cryin' for that singing brakeman, too. G G7 C (Am7) G Back to the sunny south he'll go, and he'll never roam no more, Em (G) D D7 G Here's the train, oh hold me close, oh, sweetheart, do. G G7 C G Come here, my little one, let me hold you up. (Em) G A A7 D D7 Want you to remember this day when you are grown, G G7 C G How your mama and your dad were so proud and so sad Em (G) D D7 G Watching the train carrying Jimmie Rodgers home. Chorus Em (G) D D7 G There goes the train carrying Jimmie Rodgers home. G D C G Oh-de-lay-ee, Ay-dee, oh- oo