Steve Earle – Texas Eagle (Guitar)
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[Verse 1]
E7 My Grandaddy was a railroad man A7 E When I was young he took me by the hand E7 Dragged me to the station at the break of dawn B7 E Said "boy I got to show you somethin' 'fore it's gone" A7 She was blue and silver - she was right on time E B7 E We rode that Texas Eagle on the Mopac line
[Verse 2]
E7 We had some sandwiches that Granma packed B7 E We rode to Palestine and hitchhiked back E7 Home in time for supper with a tale to tell B7 E That night I dreamed I heard that lonesome whistle wail A7 When I got old enough to take the train alone E7 B7 E I rode that Texas Eagle down to San Antone
[Verse 3]
E7 Nowadays they don't make no trains B7 E Just the piggyback freighters and them Amtrak things E7 They shut the Eagle down awhile ago B7 E Sold it to the railroad down in Mexico A7 But every now and then that whistle's on my mind E7 B7 E I ride that Texas Eagle 'cross the borderline