Was A Time
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Afinação: E A D G B ECapotraste: Sem capotraste
"Was a Time" - Charles J. Adams III
Track 11 of 18 on the album "Tracks" (2008)
[!] Link to song: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1uPDEcg5cLw [!]
[Intro]
C F G7 C
[Chorus 1]
C F G7 C
Was a time when the railroad passed through here
F G7
And the train whistle echoed loud and clear
F Em
You could hear her slowly rolling
F Fm
As the engine bell was tolling
C F G7 C
Was a time when the railroad passed through here
[Verse 1]
C F G7 C
There were windows and doors behind those boards
F G7
Now the station is silent evermore
F Em
But if you listen very closely
F Fm
You could hear so faint and ghostly
C F G7 C
A conductor shout a plaintive "all aboard"
[Guitar Solo]
C F G7 C
C F G7
F Em
F Fm
C F G7 C
[Chorus 2]
C F G7 C
Was a time when the railroad came through town
F G7
Split the night with an old familiar sound
F Em
But now the rails are getting rusty
F Fm
And the platform's getting dusty
C F G7 C
There was a time when the railroad came through town
[Verse 2]
C F G7 C
If you listen close, you can hear her pulling in
F G7
And the whistle's there, somewhere in the wind
F Em
Well, I know I'm only dreaming
F Fm
And I know it's only seeming
C F G7 C
That the train just might pass this way again
[Outro]
C F G7 C
'cause was a time when the railroad passed through here
C F G7 C
There was a time when the railroad passed through here
C F G7 C
Was a time when the railroad passed through here
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