Boz Scaggs – Waiting For A Train (Guitar)

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[Intro] C G A D G [Verse 1]
       D       G            C             G
All around the water tanks, waiting for a train

  C               G       E      A               D     D7
A thousand miles away from home, sleeping in the rain

  G         D    G            C                  G
I walked up to a brakeman, to give him a line of talk

   C                      G            A                  D
He says "If you've got the money, I'll see that you don't walk"

 G        D     G             C           G
I haven't got a nickel, not a penny can I show

     C                 G        E        A          D      G
"Get off, get off, you railroad bum"; he slammed the boxcar door
[Instrumental] D G D G C G C G E A A7 D7 G D G C G C G E A D G [Verse 2]
          D      G        C              G
He put me off in Texas, a state I dearly love

    C                     G      E      A                     D
The wide open spaces all around me, the moon and the stars up above

  G    D        G           C                  G
Nobody seems to want me, or lend me a helping hand

    C              G     E     A              D
I'm on my way from Frisco, I'm going  to Dixieland

          G     D       G            C                G
Though my pocketbook is empty and my heart is full of pain

      C                G        E         A       D     G       D G
I'm a thousand miles away from home, just waiting for a train