lord of the trains
lord of the trains

lord of the trains easy guitar chords by Tom Russell Band

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    • Verse 1
    Well, 
    I met 
    him 
    in 

    Chicago, 
    outside 
    the 

    Union 

    Station. 

    He 
    was 
    picking 
    up 
    the 
    emp

    ties 
    in 
    the 
    rain. 

    He 
    said, 
    may 
    I 
    introduce 
    myself 

    and 
    can 
    you 
    spare 
    a 
    dollar? 

    They 
    call 
    me 
    the 

    Lord 
    of 
    the 

    Train
    s. 

    Yeah, 
    they 
    call 
    me 
    the 

    Lord 
    of 
    the 

    Trains 

    He 
    said, 
    friend, 

    you 
    see 
    before 
    you 
    an 
    historic 
    apparition 

    I'm 
    the 
    last 
    surviving 
    hobo 
    in 
    the 
    game 

    And 
    although 
    they 
    may 
    have 
    done 

    away 
    with 
    all 
    that 
    I 
    held 
    sacred 

    I 
    am 
    still 
    the 

    Lord 
    of 
    the 

    Trains 

    Yeah, 
    they'll 
    always 
    be 

    a 
    lord 
    of 
    the 
    trains 

    There 
    ain't 
    no 
    more 
    cabooses 

    on 
    them 
    rattlers 
    anymore 

    No 
    hobo 
    jungles 
    up 
    in 

    Coeur 
    d 'Alene 

    Ain't 
    no 
    midnight 
    ghost 
    that 

    haunts 
    the 
    east
    ern 
    corridor 

    But 
    I'm 
    still 
    the 
    lord 
    of 
    the 
    train
    s 

    It'll 
    always 
    be 
    a 
    lord 
    of 
    the 
    trains 

    He 
    said 
    I 
    even 
    miss 
    the 
    bad 
    wine, 

    the 
    bad 
    times 
    and 
    the 
    bulls 

    Them 
    yard 
    detectives, 

    they all 
    knew 
    my 
    name 

    And 
    on 
    every 
    bunk 
    of 
    every 

    cell 
    in 
    every 
    jail 
    in 

    Dixie 

    I 
    carved 
    the 
    crossed 
    initials 

    of 
    my 
    name 

    That's 
    the 
    mark 
    of 
    the 

    Lord 
    of 
    the 
    trains 

    But 
    now 
    all 
    the 
    bulls 
    and 
    railroad 
    bums 

    Are 
    gone 
    with 
    the 
    cabooses 

    Tell 
    me, 
    mister, 
    isn't 
    it 
    a 
    shame 

    Cause 
    for 
    every 
    little 
    boy 

    Was 
    hypnotized 
    by 
    counting 
    boxcars 

    I 
    was 
    that 
    hobo 
    waving 
    from 
    the 
    train 

    I 
    waved 
    a 
    blessing 
    from 
    the 

    Lord 
    of 
    the 
    trains 

    But 
    there 
    ain't 
    no 
    more 

    cabooses 
    on 
    them 
    rattlers 
    anymore 

    No 
    hobo 
    jungles 
    up 
    in 

    Corn 

    Lane 

    Ain't 
    no 
    midnight 
    ghost 
    that 
    haunts 
    the 

    East
    ern 

    Corridor 

    But 
    I 
    am 
    still 
    the 
    lord 
    of 
    the 
    train
    s 

    Yeah, 
    there'll 
    always 
    be 
    a 
    lord 
    of 
    the 

    Interlude 1
    trains 







    Verse 2
    So 
    I 
    handed 
    him 
    a 
    dollar 

    And 
    I 
    thanked 
    him 
    for 
    his 
    story 

    And 
    I 
    watched 
    him 
    disappearin' 
    in 
    the 
    rain 

    He 
    was 
    headin' 
    toward 
    the 
    land 
    of 

    hobo 
    jungles 
    and 
    cabooses 

    Where 
    he 
    was 
    still 
    the 
    lord 
    of 
    the 
    trains 

    Where 
    he'll 
    always 
    be 
    the 

    lord 
    of 
    the 
    trains 

    But 
    there 
    ain't 
    no 
    more 

    cabooses 
    on 
    them 
    rattlers 
    anymore 

    No 
    hobo 
    jungles 
    up 
    in 

    Coeur 
    d 'Ale
    ne 

    Ain't 
    no 
    midnight 
    ghost 
    that 
    haunts 
    the 

    East
    ern 

    Corridor 

    But 
    he's 
    still 
    the 

    Lord 
    of 
    the 

    Train
    s 

    Yeah, 
    he'll 
    always 
    be 
    the 

    Lord 
    of 
    the 

    Trains 

    Hey, 
    I 
    was 
    that 
    little 
    boy 

    Was 
    hypnotized 
    by 
    count
    ing 
    boxcars 

    I 
    fi
    nally 
    met 
    the 

    Lord 
    of 
    the 

    Train
    s 

    Yeah, 
    I 
    finally 
    met 
    the 

    Lord 
    of 
    the 

    Trains 

    Oh, 
    take 
    it 
    down 
    the 
    line, 

    little 
    fatty 



    We're 
    on 
    fire 


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