The Coming And The Going Of The Trains chords by
Merle Haggard

N/A

Key: A major

Intro 1

Verse 1

(Red Lane)

Verse 2
G G 
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D D 
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I am just an Indian and once
G G 
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this was my land
Now it's been taking from me by
D D 
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G G 
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the coming of a white man
C C 
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And the anger makes my blood run
G G 
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Em Em 
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hot and heavy in my veins
G G 
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Everytime I think about the
F F 
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G G 
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coming of the trains.

Verse 3
G G 
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The day was hot and dusty
D D 
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G G 
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in the year of '69
As we heard the whistle blowing
D D 
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G G 
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somewhere down the line
C C 
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That was the year I rode with
G G 
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Em Em 
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Frank and Jesse James
G G 
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As we waited for the coming and
F F 
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G G 
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the going of the trains.

Verse 4
G G 
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The drought hit west Texas the
D D 
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G G 
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ground was cracked and dry
We just had to have some water or
D D 
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G G 
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our crops would surely die
C C 
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The railroad shipped this water till
G G 
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Em Em 
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we finally got some rain
G G 
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And I thanked God for the coming
F F 
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G G 
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and the going of the trains.
Ab Ab 4
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Verse 5
I lived behind these iron bars I'm
Eb Eb 6
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Ab Ab 4
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a prisoner doing time
And I've heard that midnight freight
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Ab Ab 4
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pass at least the thousand times
Db Db 4
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And I spent my time a walking to
Ab Ab 4
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Fm Fm 
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the door and back again
Ab Ab 4
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And marking down the coming and
Gb Gb 2
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Ab Ab 4
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the going of the trains.

Verse 6
Ab Ab 4
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I've always been an engineer
Eb Eb 6
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Ab Ab 4
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and trains're all I know
Ah they don't want me anymore and
Eb Eb 6
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Ab Ab 4
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they say that I'm too old
Db Db 4
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But my cabin at the crossing sorta
Ab Ab 4
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Fm Fm 
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helps to ease my pain
Ab Ab 4
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For I just had to feel the coming and
Gb Gb 2
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the going of the trains.
Ab Ab 4
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Verse 7
The trucks and planes're faster now
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Ab Ab 4
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and the railroad is too slow
And they just came and told me
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Ab Ab 4
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that my railroad has to go
Db Db 4
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The hands that built the railroad through
Ab Ab 4
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Fm Fm 
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sweat and blood and pain
Ab Ab 4
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Will sign the final papers of
Gb Gb 2
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Ab Ab 4
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the going of the trains.

Verse 8

And I have seen the coming and

the going of the trains...

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