Jerry Reed – Last Train (Guitar)

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[Intro] A (whole intro) SPOKEN: When I was a baby times were kinda hard and money was kinda scarce. And my Mama told she used to hop a freight and Papa would just pitch me up to her and we'd hobo all around the South lookin' for work. Well after I grew up a little, Mama told me about those hard times and how they were the happiest times of her life. And now here's a song about one of those people..... [Verse 1]
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He was just an old railroad hobo

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At a time when trains were all but gone

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With a tear in his eye sittin' on a railroad tie

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Talkin' to himself of goin' home

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He said I've seen the world from a freight train

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I've hauled across the countryside

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Now I'm just a tired, weary pilgrim

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Waitin' to take me one last ride
[Chorus]
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He said last train won't you take me to my home

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Make it fast train, life is leavin' these old bones

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And I'm alone, got no one to call my own

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I'm lookin' for that last train for home
[Solo] F#m D E A [Verse 2]
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He said boy, I have had me some high times

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And Lord, yes I've had me some low

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All across these open spaces bluffed my deuces bet my aces

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Take it easy come and easy go

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But this old world kept growin' up and goin' places

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Until my way of life is lost in time

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Now there ain't much left for me, boy

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I'm ridin' to the end of the line
[Chorus]
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He said last train won't you take me to my home

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Make it fast train, life is leavin' these old bones

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And I'm alone, got no one to call my own

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I'm lookin' for that last train for home
[Solo] F#m D E A [Verse 3]
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Well he tipped his hat and he walked off to the mainline

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Where he found an open empty car

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As he pulled himself inside, settled down for the ride

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I could see he wouldn't be goin' far

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And I thought Lord, ain't this world just like a train yard

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Where each of us are bound to roam alone

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And ain't we all like some old railroad hobo

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Just lookin' for that last train for home
[Chorus]
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He said last train won't you take me to my home

        D                                 A
Make it fast train, life is leavin' these old bones

E                   Em
And I'm alone, got no one to call my own

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I'm lookin' for that last train for home

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I'm lookin' for that last train for home
F#m D E A ************************************ Jerry Reed - Last Train 1976 Album- Both Barrels