The Silver Ghost Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[Am][F][Faug][C#aug][Faug][F]
[Am][F][Am]

[Verse 1]
On [Am]a cold
and rainy night I was sit[C]tin' in the light
Oh my [Am]switchman shack [G]of mine
post on the moun[Am]tain
The storms were pretty bad and
[C]the telephone was dead
But it was [Am]just eleven [G]hours till [Am]the dawn.

[Verse 2]
Then [C]much to my surprice
the telegraph [G]jumped in the light
As I [Dm]read the code I thought
could this be [Am]true
The train was on its way headed
[C]up to mountain grade
But she did[Am]n't have no [G]engineer or [Am]crew.

[Verse 3]
At the other [Am]switch they tried to put her
[C]on the mountain side
But she kep[Am]t on coming
[G]up the mountain [Am]grade
But I quickly dowse the light to
try [C]to see into the night
Maybe I [Am]could spot her head
[G]light in [Am]the rain.

[Verse 4]
She was [C]poundin' down below I
could [G]hear her whistle blow
And I [Dm]thought Lord that's a high
and mournful [Am]sound
Then the telegraph again there's
[C]a caving in the mine
And the hun[Am]dred men have [G]burried
neath the ground.
[Am][Bbm]

[Verse 5]
Lord, she's coming now I see her round
[Db]the bend and straight at me
And her bal[Bbm]let is glowin'
[Ab]red as coal in h[Bbm]ell
The headlinght switchin' wide
searchin' [Db]all the mountain side
But the [Bbm]only sound she's
[Ab]making [Bbm]it's a wail.

[Verse 6]
Then I [Db]re cognized the train by
[Ab]the number and the name
It's [Ebm]from miners Silver Ghost
[Bbm]0- 40- 1
Then she vanished up the track
by the [Db]lonely swutchman shack
Like [Bbm]a mother who was
[Ab]looking for her [Bbm]son.

[Verse 7]
[Bbm]Now I heard the story how
[Db]an engine went to glory
Over [Bbm]fifty years ago [Ab]in the same l[Bbm]ine
It was steaming for the caving there
[Db]were men needed saving
But [Bbm]it missed the curve in
[Ab]trestle near [Bbm]the mine.

[Verse 8]
And [Db]every now and then you'll
hear a [Ab]whistle on the wind
It's [Ebm]from mountail slides
where many [Bbm]men're lost
It's a high and lonely wail and searching
[Db]up and down the mountain
It's [Bbm]the train they call [Ab]the Miners
Silver [Bbm]Ghost.

[Verse 9]
[Bbm]The train they call [Ab]the Miners
Silver [Bbm]Ghost.
The train they call [Ab]the Miners Silver [Bbm]Ghost...