We Robbed Trains chords by Gene Watson

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Intro 1

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Verse 1
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Cowboys and outlaws
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and long shiny rails
Was the background setting
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for grandpappy's tales
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Places like Tucson and
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old Santa Fe
I'd sit there for hours
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perched on his knees
And ride just as far
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as his memory could see
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With Billy the Kid
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and the one Jesse James
Rail -riding outlaws
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who robbed lots of trains
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Let me tell you a story about Billy the Kid
The one Jesse James
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and some things that we did
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I knew them well, son,
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just like my own name
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Billy and Jesse and me,
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we robbed trains
But a boy don't stay
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seven all of his life
And he starts to wonder what's
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true and what's lies
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Still respect makes him listen
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to an old man's refrain
About a wild bunch of cowboys
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and some make
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Let me tell you a story
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about Billy the Kid
The one Jesse James
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and some things that we did
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I knew him well, son,
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just like my own name
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Billy and Jesse and me,
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we rocked trains
The funeral was family,
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as funerals should be
Except for two cowboys
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no one else could see
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And then they were gone
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just as quick as they came
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Billy and Jesse had robbed one more train
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Let me tell you a story
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about Billy the Kid
The one Jesse James
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and some things that we did
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I knew them well,
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signed us like my own name
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Billy and Jesse, me,
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we robbed trains you