Bobby Bare – Watching The Trains Go By (Guitar)

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[Chorus]
A           G        F#m E
Down at the railroad station

A           G            F#m E
My suitcase sittin' by my si-de

A      G             F#m E
Got no high hopes of leaving

         D                      E
I'm just watching the trains go by

D                      E
Watching the trains go by.
[Verse 1]
A              G             F#m E   A      G              F#m E
Lawyer Jabob's wife she is expecting and he wonders why in blazes

A       G                  F#m   E   G             D            E
How his wife could come to blame now they tried so many times before

A            G               F#m E     A          G               F#m E
Walking back down this dusty farmroad, my thirsty mind is high and dry

A        G               F#m E   G            D         E
One more day down at the station watching the trains go by.
[Chorus]
A           G        F#m E
Down at the railroad station

A           G            F#m E
My suitcase sittin' by my si-de

A      G             F#m E
Got no high hopes of leaving

         D                      E
I'm just watching the trains go by

D                      E
Watching the trains go by.
[Verse 1]
A              G             F#m E   A      G              F#m E
Papa's working at the coal mines mama's lying sick in bed

A       G                  F#m   E   G             D            E
They'd be better off without me one less mouth to be fed

A              G             F#m E   A      G              F#m E
Younger brother John is in the jailhouse down on the woodfarm chopping wood

A       G                  F#m   E   G             D            E
I stayed around and tried to change him don't look like I done no good.
[Chorus]
A           G        F#m E
Down at the railroad station

A           G            F#m E
My suitcase sittin' by my si-de

A      G             F#m E
Got no high hopes of leaving

         D                      E
I'm just watching the trains go by

D                      E
Watching the trains go by.