Charcoal Sky chords by Chip Taylor

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Intro 1

Verse 1
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Got a  reservation
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down at Nepehans Station
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Flatten your nickels, boys,
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and wave that train good -bye
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It'll be on time,
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it's the Hudson River line,
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God bless America in that
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charcoal sky.
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Boys, this is Harry,
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he's the conductor for the Putnam Divair,
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he's been doing it
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For 18 years,
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he's been my friend for nine.
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Harry, this is Barry,
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middle son John, little Jamie.
Tryin' to teach my boys
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about that charcoal sky.
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Got a reservation
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down in Epperhans Station.
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Flatten your nickels, boys,
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and wave that tree goodbye
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It'll be on time,
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it's the Hudson River line
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God bless America and
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that charcoal sky
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Now, since the 1860s, boys,
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we've been pushing up steam,
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and I still hear those wheels
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every time I close my eyes.
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And without that steam, boys,
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there'd be no American Dream.
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Daddy said, God bless you, Harry,
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we'll see you by and by
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Got a reservation
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down at Nepperhant Station
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Flatten your nickels, boys,
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and wave that train goodbye
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It'll be on time,
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it's the Hudson River line
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God bless America and its charcoaled sky
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Now wave goodbye to Harry, boys.
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The caboo she's rollin'.
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See him run nin' to catch up to her
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And don't he catch it every time
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Now when he hops on board, boys
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Give a wave, time we started goin'
Soon around that bend
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We'll see that charcoal sky
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Got a reservation
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Down at Nipperhead Station
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Flatten your nickels, boy,
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and wave that train goodbye
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It'll be on time
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It's the Hudson River line
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God bless America
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and that charcoal sky
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