#----------------------------------PLEASE NOTE--------------------------------# #This file is the author's own work and represents their interpretation of the# #song. You may only use this file for private study, scholarship, or research.# #-----------------------------------------------------------------------------# Date: Sat, 25 Apr 1998 15:32:41 -0700 (PDT) From: "T. Hickson" Subject: c/clark_guy/texas_1947.crd Song: Texas 1947 Artist: Guy Clark Transcribed by: T. Hickson >From the album "Keepers" (track 2), a live album. I'm probably missing a lot of the subtleties, but it's a nice, easy way to play it. Guy makes the verses build as if a train is approaching and passing you by, but you gotta hear it to make it work. ___________________________________________________________ EmNow (022000@1)bein' six years old GI'd (320003@1)seen some trains before, Aso (x02220@1)it's hard to figure out B (x2444x@1) Emwhat (022000@1)I'm at the depot for. EmTrains (022000@1)are big and black and smokin' steam, Gscreamin' (320003@1)at the wheels, Abigger (x02220@1)than anything there is, B (x2444x@1) Emat (022000@1)least that's the way she feels BTrains (x2444x@1)are big and black and smokin', louder than July four, Abut (x02220@1)everybody's actin' like B (x2444x@1) Emthis (022000@1)might be somethin' more... Em...than (022000@1)just pickin' up the mail Gor (320003@1)the soldiers from the war, Athis (x02220@1)is somethin' that even old man Wileman (?) B (x2444x@1) Emnever (022000@1)seen before. BRIDGE: F#mAnd (244222@1)it's late afternoon on a hot Texas day, Asomethin' (x02220@1)strange is goin' on B (x2444x@1) Emand (022000@1)we's all in the way. EmWell (022000@1)there's fifty or sixty people Gthey're (320003@1)just sittin' on their cars, Aand (x02220@1)the old men left their dominoes B (x2444x@1) Emand (022000@1)they come down from the bars. EmEverybody's (022000@1)checkin', Gold (320003@1)Jack Kittrel(?) checked his watch, Aand (x02220@1)us kids put our ears B (x2444x@1) Emto (022000@1)the rails to hear 'em pop. BSo (x2444x@1)we already knowed when they finally said 'train time' Ayou'd (x02220@1)a-thought that Jesus Christ himself B (x2444x@1) Emwas (022000@1)rollin' down the line. EmCuz (022000@1)things got real quiet, GMomma (320003@1)jerked me back, Anot (x02220@1)before I'd got the chance B (x2444x@1) Emto (022000@1)lay a nickel on the track. CHORUS: ELook (022100@1)out here she comes, she's comin', ALook (x02220@1)out there she goes, she's gone, Bscreamin' (x2444x@1)straight through Texas A (x02220@1) Elike (022100@1)a mad dog cyclone. BBig, (x2444x@1)red, and silver, she don't make no smoke, Ashe's (x02220@1)a fast-rollin' streamline B (x2444x@1) Ecome (022100@1)to show the folks. ELook (022100@1)out here she comes, she's comin' ALook (x02220@1)out there she goes, she's gone, Bscreamin' (x2444x@1)straight through Texas A (x02220@1) Elike (022100@1)a mad dog cyclone. Em...Lord, (022000@1)she never even stopped. EmShe (022000@1)left fifty or sixty people Gstill (320003@1)sittin' on their cars, Aand (x02220@1)they're wonderin' what it's comin' to B (x2444x@1) Emand (022000@1)how it got this far. EmOh (022000@1)but me I got a nickel smashed Gflatter (320003@1)than a dime Aby (x02220@1)a mad dog, runaway B (x2444x@1) Emred-silver (022000@1)streamline...train CHORUS: ___________________________________________________________ CHORDS ONLY, BY VERSE: V1: Em (022000@1)G (320003@1)A (x02220@1)B (x2444x@1)Em (022000@1)V2: Em (022000@1)G (320003@1)A (x02220@1)B (x2444x@1)Em (022000@1) V3: B (x2444x@1)A (x02220@1)B (x2444x@1)Em (022000@1)V4: Em (022000@1)G (320003@1)A (x02220@1)B (x2444x@1)Em (022000@1)Bridge: F#m (244222@1)A (x02220@1)B (x2444x@1)Em (022000@1)V5: Em (022000@1)G (320003@1)A (x02220@1)B (x2444x@1)Em (022000@1)V6: Em (022000@1)G (320003@1)A (x02220@1)B (x2444x@1)Em (022000@1)V7: B (x2444x@1)A (x02220@1)B (x2444x@1)Em (022000@1)V8: Em (022000@1)G (320003@1)A (x02220@1)B (x2444x@1)Em (022000@1)CHORUS: E (022100@1)A (x02220@1)B (x2444x@1)A (x02220@1)E (022100@1)B (x2444x@1)A (x02220@1)B (x2444x@1)E (022100@1)E (022100@1)A (x02220@1)B (x2444x@1)A (x02220@1)E (022100@1)Em (022000@1)V9: Em (022000@1)G (320003@1)A (x02220@1)B (x2444x@1)Em (022000@1)V10: Em (022000@1)G (320003@1)A (x02220@1)B (x2444x@1)Em (022000@1)CHORUS: E (022100@1)A (x02220@1)B (x2444x@1)A (x02220@1)E (022100@1)B (x2444x@1)A (x02220@1)B (x2444x@1)E (022100@1)E (022100@1)A (x02220@1)B (x2444x@1)A (x02220@1)E (022100@1)
