D5 G5 D5 When I was a boy in the days of the train B5 A5 I'd sit by the tracks on a long summer day G5 D5 And I'd wave at the brakesman, And he'd wave back at me B5 A5 D5 While the thunderclouds rolled... Out of East Tennessee D5 G5 D5 But the dreams of a boy disappear when you're grown B5 A5 And though I may dream , the railroads are gone G5 D5 The ties they are rotten And the tracks shot to hell B5 A5 D5 Along with my dreams... and the old railroad bell D5 G5 A5 D5 In my dreams I ride the rails to California G5 A5 D5 Workin' diners and farms along the way G5 A5 D5 Or I'd hop a ride to hide across the border G5 A5 D5 With a black eyed girl beside me all the way D5 G5 D5 Now the mountains are silent And the railroads are gone B5 A5 And the coal towns no longer hear the miners at dawn G5 D5 But the train whistle shrills out her memories to me B5 A5 D5 While the thunderclouds roll... out of East Tennessee D5 G5 A5 D5 In my dreams I ride the rails to California G5 A5 D5 Workin' diners and farms along the way G5 A5 D5 Or I'd hop a ride to hide across the border G5 A5 D5 With a black eyed girl beside me all the way D5 G5 D5 Now the mountains are silent And the railroads are gone B5 A5 And the coal towns no longer hear the miners at dawn G5 D5 But the train whistle shrills out her memories to me B5 A5 D5 While the thunderclouds roll... out of East Tennessee
