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We Robbed Trains chords by Roy Acuff

  • D

  • G

  • Bm

    2
  • A

  • C

  • Asus4

Intro 1
D
G
D
Bm
A
D
Verse 1
D
Cowboys and outlaws
G
D
and long shiny rails
Was the background setting
A
for grandpappy's tale
D
G
D
Places like Tucson and old Santa Fe
A
D
Shy in Wyoming during Rodeo Day
I'd sit there for hours
G
D
perched on his knee
And ride just as far as his
A
memory could see
D
With Billy the Kid and the
G
D
one Jesse James
Rail -riding outlaws
A
D
who robbed lots of trains
G
Let me tell you a story
D
about Billy the Kid,
the one Jesse James,
A
and some things that we did
G
I knew them well, son,
D
Bm
just like my own name
A
Billy and Jesse and me,
D
C
G
Asus4
D
we robbed trains
Bm
A
D
But a boy don't stay
G
D
seven all of his life
He starts to wonder what's
A
true and what's lie
D
Still respect makes him listen
G
D
to an old man's refrain
About a wild bunch of cowboys
A
D
and make -believe train.
G
Let me tell you a story
D
about Billy the Kid,
the one Jesse James
A
and some things that we did.
G
I knew them well son,
D
Bm
just like my own name.
A
Billy and Jesse
D
C
D
C
G
D
Billy and me, we robbed trains
A
D
The funeral was family
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D
as funerals should be
Except for two cowboys
A
no one else could see
D
And then they were gone
G
D
just as quick as they came
A
D
Billy and Jesse had robbed one more train
G
D
Let me tell you a story about Billy the Kid,
the one Jesse Jenks,
A
and some things that we did.
G
I knew them well, son,
D
Bm
just like my own name.
A
Billy and Jesse and me,
D
C
D
C
G
A
D
we rock trains.
You
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