Little Black Engine chords by Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
Verse 1
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D
Well, that little black engine,
red coaches on behind
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Well, that little black engine,
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red coaches on behind
A
Well, it blows so lonesome,
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D
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can my baby up the line?
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Well, I ain't got no money
for a ticket on the train,
the train is leavin'
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Hear the fireman ring,
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Lord,
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that little black engine,
D
red coaches on behind
A
Well, it blows so lonesome,
G
D
can't my baby up the line
Abdim
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Abdim
D
Well, I saw that engine as it rolled away,
my baby, she was leaving
She may be gone to stay,
G
but that little black engine
D
With red coaches on behind
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Abdim
D
C#
D
A
Well, it blowed so lonesome,
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D
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canned my baby up the line
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D
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D
Just as long as I live,
you'll always hear me say
Was a dirty old engineer
move that train away
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Lord that little black engine
D
My coach is on the island
A
Well it blowed so lonesome
G
can't my baby up the line
D
how'd it blow sonny boy
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Black engine
D
with red coaches on behind
A
Well, it blowed so lonesome
G
D
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D
and my baby of the line
I ain't got nothing against the fireman
ain't mad with the engineer
One thing I will remember
through my living years
G
is that little black engine
With red coaches on behind
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D
How
A
it blowed so lonesome
G
D
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D
Carried my baby up the line
Well, I stood and watched the train
Till it went around the bend
And I started squawking
Will I ever see my baby again
G
Lord, that little black engine
D
Abdim
D
With red coaches all behind
Abdim
D
A
Well, it blowed so lonesome
G
D
Abdim
Can my baby ever learn?
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G
G
Abdim
D
You
Little Black Engine
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
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