Key: A major
Verse 1
G
C
G
Gsus4
G
C
G
Still love the sound
C
G
burning through the stack
G
C
G
but it feels like yesterday
C
G
Then my old man said it
was quite a scene
Just a young boy driving
C
G
old number 919
C
G
what I wouldn't pay
C
G
An d my buddy Skip was
only seventeen
Night watchman burnin' fire
C
G
for the mornin' steam
C
G
Gsus4
G
Conductor for a day
Em
C
Well, a boy's dreams are often left behind
G
D
Em
But there's always one
C
D
you carry all your life
Johnny jump on board
C
G
The New York Central stopped on 24
Got to see what's slowed her down
G
Gsus4
G
round?
C
G
Well I pushed the throttle and
let that whistle blow
Gsus4
G
And if that track could run
C
G
clear to Mexico
G
Gsus4
G
Across the Kansas plains
C
G
But it feels like yesterday
Em
C
Well, a boy's dreams are often left behind
G
D
Em
But there's always one,
C
D
you carry all your life
has long been retired
Gsus4
G
Bet if we tried that today,
Gsus4
G
Skip would be fired
Gsus4
C
G
D
Oh, what I wouldn't give,
Em
D
To lean my arm out of that train
G
Gsus4
G
Conductor for a day
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