Paul Laverty
guitaro@hotmail.co.uk - comments or corrections, much appreicated.

check out this version of "the next thing smokin'" by ole Tom Russell.
Wat a guy, hes irish ya know.

VERSE 1

well i live out in [G]Southern Ariz[D]ona
I [Bm]followed an ab[A]andoned railroad t[D]rack
Trains they used r[G]un from [D]Bisby out to Juarez
But the [E]copper mines are closed and the [A]trains ain't comin back[D]This heres the 
of stolen p[D]onies[F]
Rattlesnakes and poison water w[Bm]ells
Each [G]god-forsaken mile leads right to h[D]eavenBut t[Bm]ryin to please that w[A]oman 
was h[D]ell

CHORUS

[D]Put me on the [G]next thing sm[D]okin
Put me [Bm]on the n[A]ext train out of [D]here
This heart ain't m[G]ade for bein br[D]oken
Well s[E]he ain't my conductor and she a[A]int my engineer[D]
Put me on the n[G]ext thing le[D]avin
The n[F]orthern or the southern hemi[Bm]sphere[G]
Put me on the next thing s[D]mokin[G]
Put me on the n[A]ext train outta h[D]ereI'm bound to [Bm]ride

I got my p[D]ride
I'm bound to [Bm]ride
I'm bound to [A]ride

(play the chorus chords again but without the words, like a solo)

VERSE 2

I made it to the [G] ghost town of Hac[D]hita
I [Bm] got drunk in the[A] Hachita General[D] store
I [G]passed the place Geronimo[D] surrendered
Well [E]Geronimo he just[A] couldn't take it[D] anymore
I'll[G] hitchhike from[D] Columbus to El[F] Paso
Where I can catch an Amtrak or a [Bm]freight
I've[G] walked 300 miles [D]across these bad-lands(yeah)[Bm] buddy
I have[A] made my great[D] escape

Chorus

[D]Put me on the [G]next thing sm[D]okin
Put me [Bm]on the n[A]ext train out of [D]here
This heart ain't m[G]ade for bein br[D]oken
Well s[E]he ain't my conductor and she a[A]int my engineer[D]
Put me on the n[G]ext thing le[D]avin
The n[F]orthern or the southern hemi[Bm]sphere[G]
Put me on the next thing s[D]mokin[G]
Put me on the n[A]ext train outta h[D]ereI'm bound to [Bm]ride

I got my p[D]ride
I'm bound to [Bm]ride
I'm bound to [A]ride

(Play this as the solo) D G D F# Bm 
D Bm E A D

Enjoy