On The Atchison, Topeka And The Santa Fe Chords
by Anne Shelton
On The Atchison, Topeka And The Santa Fe by Anne Shelton is a more advanced guitar song played in the key of A. It uses the chords E7, A, D9, Cdim, F#7, A9, A7, D, D6, F#m, Bm, Bm5-/7 and D7M. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
E7 A D9 A D9 A E7 A
Do you hear that whistle down the line
Cdim A D9 A Cdim A E7 A
I figure that it's engine number fortynine
E7 A D9 A D9 F#7 Cdim
She's the only one that'll sound that way
A A9 D9 Cdim E7 A
On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe All aboard, she's on her way
E7 A D9 A D9 A E7 A
See the old smoke risin' round the bend
Cdim A D9 A Cdim A E7 A
I reckon that she knows she's gonna meet a friend
E7 A D9 A D9 F#7 Cdim
Folks around these parts kept the time of day
A A9 D9 Cdim E7 A
From the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe
Bridge one
A7 D D6 F#m Bm
Here she comes whoo whoo oowhoo oo whoo whoo whoo.
A Cdim Bm5-/7 E7 A
Hey, Jim, ya better get the rig
A7 D D6 F#m Bm
Oowhoo whoo oowhoo whoo whoo
D Cdim Bm5-/7 E7
She's got a list of passengers that's mighty big
E7 A D9 A D9 A E7 A
And they'll all want lifts to Brown's Hotel
Cdim A D9 A Cdim A E7 A
'Cause lots of them been travelin' for quite a spell
E7 A D9 A D9 F#7 Cdim
All the way from Philadelpheyeaye
A A9 D9 Cdim E7 A
On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe
E7 A D9 A D9 A E7 A
Back in Ohio where I come from
Cdim A D9 A Cdim A E7 A
I've done a lot of dreamin' and I've travell'd some
E7 A D9 A D9 F#7 Cdim
But I never thought I'd see the day
A A9 D9 Cdim E7 A
When I ever took a ride on the Santa Fe
E7 A D9 A D9 A E7 A
I would lean across my window sill
Cdim A D9 A Cdim A E7 A
And hear the whistle echoin' across the hill
E7 A D9 A D9 F#7 Cdim
Then I'd watch the lights till they fade away
A A9 D9 Cdim E7 A
On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe
Bridge two:
A7 D D7M F#m Bm
What a thrill with the wheels asingin' "westward ho"
D Cdim E7 Bm5-/7 D
From the day I heard them start
D D7M F#m Bm
'Cross the Kansas plains from New Mexico
D Cdim Bm5-/7 E7
I guess I've got a little gypsy in my heart
E7 A D9 A D9 A E7 A
When I'm old and grey and settled down
Cdim A D9 A Cdim A E7 A
If I ever get a chance to sneak away from town
E7 A D9 A D9 F#7 Cdim
Then I'll spend my busman's holiday
A A9 D9 Cdim E7 A
On the Atchison, Topeka and the Santa Fe