Southern Train chords by Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
Verse 1
Dm
Well, that mean old, mean old
Southern
Blood that runs through
Tennessee
G
Well, that mean old
Southern
Blood that runs through
Dm
Tennessee
A
Well, it carried my paperweight
Dm
And it blowed back at homey
Was that mean old, mean old fireman
And that cruel old engineer
G
Well, that mean old fireman
Dm
And that cruel old engineer
A
Lord, that was a low -down conductor
Dm
D
Lord, that waved that train from here
Dm
Well, that mean old, mean old servant
Lord, that rose through
Tennessee
G
Well, let me know,
Southern
Thought that rode through
D
Dm
Tennessee
D
Dm
A
Well, it carried me woman I love away
Dm
D
G
And it blowed back out for me
Dm
I was standing, I was listening
At that
Southern whistle blow
G
I was standing, listening
At that
Dm
Southern whistle blow
A
Well, it blowed just like the sun it
Dm
D
never blowed before
Dm
All right
D
Dm
Well, the train she was riding on, boy,
it was sixteen coaches long
G
Yes, the train she was riding,
Dm
D
sixteen coaches long
Dm
A
Lord, I know she was leavin',
D
Dm
D
it just kept on blowin' on
Dm
Well, my mama, she told me,
D
and my papa told me too
G
Well, my mama, she told me,
Dm
D
papa told me too
A
Everybody grins in your face, son,
G
Dm
well, there ain't no friend of you
It was that mean old, mean old
Southern
D
Lord, that rose through
Tennessee
G
Well, that mean old
Southern
Lord, that rose through
D
Tennessee
A
Well, it carried the woman I love away
G
D
G
D
And it blew her back out for me
G
D
Peace.
Southern Train
Sonny Terry & Brownie McGhee
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