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

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Intro 1
G
F#
G

D
G


Verse 1
G

(Red Lane)
Verse 2
G
D

I am just an Indian and once
G

this was my land

Now it's been taking from me by
D
G

the coming of a white man
C

And the anger makes my blood run
G
Em

hot and heavy in my veins
G

Everytime I think about the
F
G

coming of the trains.
Verse 3
G

The day was hot and dusty
D
G

in the year of '69

As we heard the whistle blowing
D
G

somewhere down the line
C

That was the year I rode with
G
Em

Frank and Jesse James
G

As we waited for the coming and
F
G

the going of the trains.
Verse 4
G

The drought hit west Texas the
D
G

ground was cracked and dry

We just had to have some water or
D
G

our crops would surely die
C

The railroad shipped this water till
G
Em

we finally got some rain
G

And I thanked God for the coming
F
G

and the going of the trains.
Ab
Verse 5


I lived behind these iron bars I'm
Eb
Ab

a prisoner doing time

And I've heard that midnight freight
Eb
Ab

pass at least the thousand times
Db

And I spent my time a walking to
Ab
Fm

the door and back again
Ab

And marking down the coming and
Gb
Ab

the going of the trains.
Verse 6
Ab

I've always been an engineer
Eb
Ab

and trains're all I know

Ah they don't want me anymore and
Eb
Ab

they say that I'm too old
Db

But my cabin at the crossing sorta
Ab
Fm

helps to ease my pain
Ab

For I just had to feel the coming and
Gb

the going of the trains.
Ab
Verse 7


The trucks and planes're faster now
Eb
Ab

and the railroad is too slow

And they just came and told me
Eb
Ab

that my railroad has to go
Db

The hands that built the railroad through
Ab
Fm

sweat and blood and pain
Ab

Will sign the final papers of
Gb
Ab

the going of the trains.
Verse 8
Ab

And I have seen the coming and
Gb

the going of the trains...
Outro 1
Ab
Gb
Ab

Gb
Ab

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Chords
  • G

  • F#

    2
  • D

  • C

  • Em

  • F

  • Ab

    4
  • Eb

    6
  • Db

    4
  • Fm

  • Gb

    2

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