The Runaway Train chords by Vernon Dalhart
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Intro 1
(D major) (G major) (D major)
(G major) (D major) (G major) (D major) (G major) (D major) (G major)
(E minor) (Baug) (E minor) (Baug)
Verse 1
'Twas (E minor) in
the year of (Baug) (B major) '89, on (E minor) that old Chica (Baug) go line,
(E minor) When the winter wind (Baug) was blowing (E minor) shrill,
The rails were froze,
the (Baug) wheels were (E minor) cold,
And then the air brakes wouldn't hold,
And (F sharp major) number nine came
roaring down the (E flatdim) hill.
(D major) Oh, the (G major) runaway train came
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Verse 2
down
the track and she blew,
The runaway train came down
the track and she (D major) blew,
The (G major) runaway train came (D major) down the track,
The (G major) whistle (D major) wide and the throttle back
And she (G major) blew (D major) (G major)
Oh, the engineer (E minor) said the (G major) train must halt and she blew,
Verse 3
(G major)
The engineer said the train
must halt and she (D major) blew,
The (G major) engineer said the (D major) train must halt,
He said it was all the fireman's fault
And she blewew (G major) (D major) blew,
blew, blew (G major)
Interlude 1
(G major) (D major) (G major)
(D major) (G major) (D major) (G major) (D major) (G major)
Verse 4
Oh, the fireman said he rang the bell and (G major) she blew,
The fireman said he rang
the (D major) bell and she blew,
The (G major) fireman (D major) said he rang the bell,
(G major) The engineer (D major) said ya did like - - - - -
And she (G major) blew (D major) (G major)
Oh, the porter got an awful
fright and she blew,
The porter (D major) got (G major) an awful
fright and she (D major) blew,
The (G major) porter (D major) got an awful fright,
He (G major) got so scared that (D major) he turned white,
And she (G major) blew (D major) (G major)
(D major) (G major) (D major) (G major) (D major)
(G major) (D major) (G major)
Oh, a drummer sat in the parlour
car and she blew,
A drummer sat in the parlour
car and she (D major) blew,
A (G major) drummer sat in the (D major) parlour car,
And he (G major) nearly (D major) swallered a fat cigar,
And she (G major) blewew (D major) blew, blew, blew, (G major)
(D major) (G major) (D major) (G major) (D major) (G major) (D major)
(G major)
Verse 5
Oh, the runaway train went over
the hill and she blew,
The runaway train went over
the hill and she (D major) blew,
The (G major) runaway train went (D major) over the hill,
And the (G major) last we heard, she
(D major) was goin' still
And she (G major) blewew (D major) blew, (G major) blew, blew...
The Runaway Train
Vernon Dalhart
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