Key: A
Bm
When I was a boy
G
D
In the days of the train
Bm
I'd sit by the tracks
A
On a long summer day
G
And I'd wave to the brakeman
D
And he'd wave back at me
Bm
A
While the thunderclouds rolled
D
Out of east Tennessee
Bm
But the dreams of a boy
G
D
Disappear when you're grown
Bm
And though I may dream
A
The railroads are gone
G
The ties they are rotten
D
And the tracks shot to hell
Bm
A
Along with my dreams
D
G
D
And the old railroad bell
G
A
D
In my dreams I ride the rails to California
G
A
D
Working dinners and farms along the way
G
A
D
Or I'd hop a ride to hide across the border
G
A
D
With a black eyed girl beside all the way
Bm
Now the mountains are silent
G
D
And the railroads are gone
Bm
And the coal towns no longer
A
Hear the miners at dawn
G
But the train whistle shrills
D
Out her memories to me
Bm
A
While the thunderclouds rolled
D
Out of east Tennessee