Takin' Out The Line chords by Cal Cavendish

SimplifiedBb · Am · G · F

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Verse 1
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Am 
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Yes,
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they're takin' out the line
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G 
They're pullin' up the rails
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All they're leavin'
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of the railway
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Is just a dusty trail
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Bb 
Yes, they're taking out my line,
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they're pulling up my rails
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And this old man, he sure does miss
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the rumble and the wail
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From the main line to the end
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I know every grade and bend
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I worked the tracks when I was young
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I've the diesels when they come
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Bb 
But they're tak in' out my line
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G 
They're pullin' up my rails
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Bb 
And this old man,
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he sure does miss
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The rumble and  the wail
Sure I seen the black smoke rise
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In the blazin' summer sky
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I was soon to leave the fields
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for the driving of the steel
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But they're taking out my line,
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they're pulling up my rails
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And  this old man,
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he sure does miss
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the rumble and the wail
Sure I know the trains they're gone,
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but their ghosts still rumble on
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And in  the dark and stormy night,
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I heard a rumble and I saw a light
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where they were tak ing out the line,
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where they were pulling up my rails.
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This old man, he sure does miss
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the rumble and the wail.
Thank you. Thank you very much.