Key: E major
Intro 1
G
D
A
Verse 1
Am
A
The bluebird special came
On its first run south to New Orleans
D
G
Abm
Abdim
A blind old man and I we came
D
G
To Guthrie just to see the trains
Em
A
D
A
He was black and I was green
Verse 2
D
C#
A
Tell me what you see, he said
Bm
A
Is the engine black or red, son
Am
A
Why that's the lightest thing
Abdim
A
Then he picked his guitar up
Verse 3
D
A
G
And his eyes lit up
Em
A
As he began to sing
Verse 4
D
A
Bm
A
G
And I remember when
D
A
G
That old man's dreams were chained
Em
D
To a depot down in Guthrie
Bm
Em
And a Bluebird Special
train
Bm
A
G
Verse 5
D
A
G
The cars uptown wound round
Verse 6
Bm
A
Bm
G
A
Bm
Em
Yes, he made me weep.
D
Verse 7
A
Bm
I read it in a week old paper
A
G
No one made it for his wake
Or laid a single flower at his feet
D
Verse 8
Bm
A
People said, but Lord, I'll wager
A
Bm
on your streets
Verse 9
D
A
He'll be stepping from
D
Bm
Lord
Em
A
For Cortelia Clark?
Am
G
Verse 10
D
A
I was just a boy the year
Bm
A
The bluebird special came through here
G
D
On its first run south to New Orleans
G
Abdim
Yes, a blind old man and I, we came
A
D
Dm
D
To Gu thrie just to see the train
G
Em
A
G
He was black and was I green?
Outro 1
F
G
Em
D
A
D
G
D
A
G
D
G
G
D
D
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