Lynnville Train chords by Robert Earl Keen, Jr.

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Intro 1

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Verse 1
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The Lonesome oak tree
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held its fire into November
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He watched the last brown leaf
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hit the ground and blow away
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An evening gunshot
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lets him know the hunt is over
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A familiar cold moves in somewhere
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between snow and rain
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Just last spring you know
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his heart was burnin'
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Before his Linville love hit the
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road to chase her dream
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Now he thinks of her each night
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and in the mornin'
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He laces his coffee cup
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with whiskey instead of cream
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Her story is, she's changed her mind,
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she just can't help herself
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She wrote, please don't meet me
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at the Linville train
Cause I'm coming in with
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someone else
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He's a quiet man, the neighbors say
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But his pain won't go away
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So for better or worse, he's going down
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To meet the Linville train
He blew a tire on the road
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down to the station
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He jacked it up and thought out loud
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She never should have let me down
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Just six months ago she
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vowed she was leaving
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Now she's coming home with a stranger
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To settle down in Linville town
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Her story is, she's changed her mind
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She just can't help herself
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She wrote, please don't leave me
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at the Linville train
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I'm coming in with someone else
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He's a quiet man, his neighbors say,
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but his pain won't go away
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D 
So for better or worse, he's going down
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to meet the Linville train
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Steel wheels scream, the whistle blows,
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his heart is breakin'
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She steps on to the platform,
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her new love by her side
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He reaches in his coat,
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his hand is shaking
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The time has finally come,
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this really is goodbye
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His story is he's changed his mind,
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he just can't help himself,
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so he's getting on board the Linville train,
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and moving on to someplace else.
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As the train pulls out,
he watches them both,
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standing in the pouring rain,
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he's headed
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For a new life down the line
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On the Linville train
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For better or worse, he's leaving town
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On the Linville train you