The Coming And The Going Of The Trains Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[G][F#][G]
[D][G]

[Verse 1]
[G](Red Lane)

[Verse 2]
I am just an [G]Indian and [D]once
this was my [G]land
Now it's been taking from me by
[D]the coming of a [G]white man
And the anger makes my [C]blood run
hot and [G]heavy in my [Em]veins
[G]Everytime I think about the
com[F]ing of the [G]trains.

[Verse 3]
The [G]day was hot and dusty
in the year [D]of [G]'69
As we heard the whistle blowing
some[D]where down the [G]line
That was [C]the year I rode with
[G]Frank and Jesse [Em]James
As we [G]waited for the coming and
the go[F]ing of the train[G]s.

[Verse 4]
[G]The drought hit west Texas the
ground [D]was cracked [G]and dry
We just had to have some water or
our [D]crops would surely [G]die
The railroad shipped this [C]water till
we fi[G]nally got some [Em]rain
And I [G]thanked God for the coming
and the go[F]ing of the train[G]s.
[Ab]

[Verse 5]
I lived behind these iron bars I'm
[Eb]a prisoner doing [Ab]time
And I've heard that midnight freight
pass at [Eb]least the thousand [Ab]times
And I spent my time [Db]a walking to
[Ab]the door and back [Fm]again
And [Ab]marking down the coming and
the go[Gb]ing of the train[Ab]s.

[Verse 6]
[Ab]I've always been an engineer
[Eb]and trains're all [Ab]I know
Ah they don't want me anymore and
they say [Eb]that I'm too [Ab]old
But my cabin at the [Db]crossing sorta
[Ab]helps to ease my [Fm]pain
For I [Ab]just had to feel the coming and
the go[Gb]ing of the trains.
[Ab]

[Verse 7]
The trucks and planes're faster now
and [Eb]the railroad is too [Ab]slow
And they just came and told me
that my [Eb]railroad has to [Ab]go
The hands that built the [Db]railroad through
[Ab]sweat and blood and [Fm]pain
Will [Ab]sign the final papers of
the go[Gb]ing of t[Ab]he trains.

[Verse 8]
And [Ab]I have seen the coming and
[Gb]the going of the trains...

[Outro 1]
[Ab][Gb][Ab]
[Gb][Ab]