Tom Paxton – Homebound Train (Guitar)
Key
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Speed:
1.0x
Chords
[Intro]
G C D/F# G G C D/F# G
[Verse 1]
G C When I was a boy, just ten years old, D/F# G Fishing with my uncle on Lake Champlain, C He got a call real late one night, D/F# G Took me down to a homebound train. C G He said, ‘Son, your daddy´s not well. Dadd11 G He needs you home, and he needs you now.’ C G He knew much more than he would tell, Dadd11 G It made no difference, anyhow.
[Verse 2]
G C I sat all night on the homebound train, D/F# G I saw my daddy in my mind. C And how it happened, I can´t explain, D/F# G I saw him wave and leave me behind. C G Just ten years old on a homebound train, Dadd11 G I said my prayers, as children do, C G Like a song you sing to an old refrain, Dadd11 G ‘Please, God, please, God, it´s up to you.’
[Break]
G C D/F# G G C D/F# G
[Verse 3]
G C I dreamed the train had dropped me off, D/F# G Broken clouds and the glimpse of a star. C There stood Momma and there stood Sue, D/F# G And there was Daddy in the car. C G I dreamed he held me while I cried, Dadd11 G Saying, "It´s alright, son I'm still here", C G His big arm around my shoulder, Dadd11 G His shirt sleeve to dry my tears.
[Verse 4]
G C Train pulled in, I climbed down, D/F# G Clouds so low, no sign of a star. C There stood Momma, and there stood Sue, D/F# G I sat there alone in the back of the car. C G It started to rain as we pulled away, Dadd11 G Rained so hard with the wind so cold, C G Streets so empty and the sky so gray, Dadd11 G Daddy was gone and I was ten years old.
[Outro]
G C D/F# G G C D/F# G