The Train That Carried My Girl From Town Chords
by Doc Watson
The Train That Carried My Girl From Town by Doc Watson is a moderately challenging guitar song played in the key of G. It uses the chords G, Am, D and F. Use the transpose and diagram tools on this page to change the key, see each shape, or simplify the chords.
Intro: G G Am G
Verse
G
Where was you when the train left town?
G D G
I's standin' on the corner with my head hung down.
G D F G
Hey, the train carried my girl from town,
G D G
Hey, heyey hey.
Train sound Instrumental
G G Am G
Verse
G
I wish to the Lord that the train would wreck,
G D G
Kill the engineer and break the fireman's neck.
G D F D
Hey, that train carried my girl from town
G D G
Hey, heyey hey.
Instrumental: G G Am G
Verse
G
Rations on the table and the coffee's gettin' cold,
G D G
some dirty rounder stole my jelly roll.
G D F D
Hey, that train carried my girl from town
G D G
Hey, heyey hey.
Train sound Instrumental
G G Am G
Verse
G
There goes my girl, somebod bring her back,
G D G
'Cause she's got her hand in my money sack.
G D F D
Hey, that train carried my girl from town
G D G
Hey, heyey hey.
Train sound Instrumental
G G Am G
Outro
G
Ashes to ashes and dust to dust,
G D G
Lord show me the woman that a man can trust.
G D F D
Hey, that train carried my girl from town
G D G
Hey, heyey hey.