jessie clay and the 1205 Chords

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[Verse 1]
[D]In a two[A] -room trailer dow[G]n by the
tracks on [D]the edge of a
Tennessee [A]town,
[G]Jesse
Clay [D]lived with his lady and a [C]one
-eyed red -boned [D]hound.
And every night [A]at twelve -oh -five
he'd [G]hear that whistle [D]whine.
Jesse knew the train to
Chattanooga was [C]coming by on [D]time.
And [A]we all knew old
Jesse
Clay got [G]mean when he drank too [D]much
And
[A]Jesse's lady [G]wore the scars,
Miss
[C]Not -Too -Gentle -Tough
[D]And
Jesse knocked her [A]down one night
just for [G]bustin' a bottle of [D]gin
She hit her head when she hit the floor
and she [C]never got up [Dm]again[A][D]
Jesse
[A]Clay was cra[G]zy scared when
[D]he saw her lyin' [A]still
He [G]took his lady [D]in his arms
and he [C]carried her up the hill
[D]He laid her down on a [A]railroad track
just an [G]hour ahead of the train
[D]And
Jesse knew that soon the 1205
[C]would take [D]the plane
And then he [A]went to town and he waited
around till he [G]thought the time was right
[D]And he [A]told the law how the [G]1205
[C]had taken his lady's [D]life
The sheriff just looked at
[A]Jesse hard and said you [G]better
tell the truth this [D]time
Because the 1205 just jumped the track
about [C]ten miles up [D]the line
And [A]no one knows what [G]caused
the train to [D]leave the tracks that [A]night
It [G]never happened be[D]fore or since,
but it [C]served old
Jesse right
[D]And you can still hear [A]the train whistle
whine as it [G]passes by this [D]way
But the 1205 won't ever
take the blame [C]for
Jesse
Clay
[D]No, the 1205 won't ever
take [C]the blame for
Jesse
[Dm]Clay[D]