Texas, 1947
Texas, 1947

Texas, 1947 easy guitar chords by Guy Clark

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Guitar
Tuning

E A D G B E

Capo

Fret 2

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Transpose

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  • G

  • D

  • F

  • Dm

  • A

  • Em

  • Dsus4

  • Gm

    3

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  • D

  • F

  • Dm

  • A

  • Em

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    3
    • Verse 1
    Now 
    bein' 
    six 
    years 
    old, 

    I 
    had 
    seen 
    some 
    trains 
    be
    fore 

    So it's 
    hard 
    to figure 
    out 

    what I'm 
    at 
    the depot 
    for 

    Verse 2
    Trains 
    are 
    big 
    and 
    black 
    and smokin' 

    - steam 
    screamin' 
    at 
    the 
    wheels 

    Bigger 
    than 
    anything 
    they 
    is, 

    at least 
    that's 
    the way 
    she feels 

    Verse 3
    Trains 
    are 
    big 
    and 
    black 
    and smokin', 

    louder'n 
    July 
    four, 

    But everybody's 
    actin' 
    like 
    this 

    might 
    be 
    somethin' 
    more... 

    Verse 4
    Than 
    just 
    pickin' 
    up 
    the mail, 

    or the 
    soldier
    s 
    from the 
    war 

    This 
    is 
    somethin' 
    that 
    even 
    old 
    man 

    Wileman never 
    seen 
    be
    fore 

    Verse 5
    And it's 
    late 
    afternoon 

    on a hot 
    Texas 
    day 

    Somethin' 
    strange 
    is goin' 
    on, 

    and we's 
    all 
    in 
    the way 

    Verse 6
    Well there's 
    fifty 
    or 
    sixty 
    people 
    they're 

    just 
    sittin' 
    on 
    their cars 

    And 
    the 
    old 
    men 
    left 
    their 
    dominos 
    and they 

    come 
    down 
    from 
    the 
    bars 

    Verse 7
    Everybody's 
    checkin', 

    old 
    Jack 
    Kittrel check 
    his watch 

    And us 
    kids 
    put our 
    ears 
    to 
    the 

    rails 
    to 
    hear 
    'em 
    pop 

    Verse 8
    So we 
    already 
    knowed 
    it, 

    when they 
    finally 
    said 
    'train 
    time' 

    You'd a-
    thought 
    that 
    Jesus 
    Christ 

    his-self was 
    was 
    rollin' 
    down 
    the line 

    Verse 9
    'Cause 
    things 
    got 
    real 
    quiet, 

    momma 
    jerked 
    me 
    back 

    But 
    not 
    before 
    I'd 
    got 
    the chance 
    to 

    lay 
    a 
    nickel 
    on 
    the track

    Verse 10
    [Chorus:] 

    Look out 
    here she 
    comes, she's 

    com
    in' 

    Look out 
    there 
    she goes, 

    she's 
    gone, 

    Scream
    in' straight 
    through 
    Texas 

    Like 
    a mad 
    dog 
    cyc
    lone 

    Big, 
    red, 
    and silver 
    Verse 11

    She 
    don't 
    make 
    no 
    smoke 

    She's 
    a 
    fast-rollin' 
    streamline 

    streamline 

    Come 
    to 
    show 
    the 

    folks 

    Interlude 1

    [Chorus:] 

    Verse 12
    Lord, she 
    never 
    even stopped 

    She 
    left 
    fifty 
    or sixty 
    people 
    still 

    sittin' 
    on 
    their 
    cars 

    And they're 
    wonderin' 

    what 
    it's 
    comin' 
    to 

    An
    d how 
    it got 
    this 
    far 

    Verse 13
    Oh 
    but 
    me 
    I 
    got 
    a nickel 

    smashed 
    flat
    ter 
    than 
    a dime 

    By 
    a 
    mad 
    dog, 
    runaway 
    red-silver 
    streamline...train 

    Outro 1






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