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Thread #122032 Message #2673063
Posted By: Lonesome EJ
06-Jul-09 - 02:14 PM
Thread Name: Songs About the Disappearing of the Trains
Subject: RE: Songs About the Disappearing of the Trains
I wrote this one about 2 months ago, and I think you can figure out the melody if you strum through the chords. It's probably as true a song as I have ever written.
Southern Flyer
By Ernie Johnson
I want to (G)ride that Southern (F)Flyer
Down to Nashville, through the (G)night
Let the (G)rumble of the (F)railcars
Rock my soul, til the morning(G) light
Verse 1
Go a-(G)rolling down through (D)Bardstown
Cross the hollers and the(G) hills
Past (G)tobacco barns and (D)cornfields
Past the churches and the (G)stills
Verse 2
To the(G) switching yards in (D)Birmingham
Picking up a load of (G)coal
Rocking (G)hard on mountain (D)trestles
Blowing cinders, steam and (G)smoke
Chorus
I want to (G)ride that Southern (F)Flyer
Down to Nashville through the(G) night
Let the(G) rumble of the (F)railcars
Rock my soul til the morning (G)light
Verse 3
You know my(G) Grandpa was a(D) switchman
Forty years on the (G)L&N
And my (G)Daddy was a (D)rail man
Like his brothers, Charles and (G)Jim
Verse 4
I used to (G)walk past Albroe's (D)Grocery
To where those black steam engines (G)rolled
Grandpa'd(G) hold me by my (D)shoulder
"Son watch that driving wheel grab (G)hold!"
Chorus
I want to(G) ride that Southern (F)Flyer
Down to Nashville through the (G)night
Let the (G)rumble of the (F)rail cars
Rock my (C)soul til the morning (G)light
Verse 5
That old steam(G) engine was like my (D)Grandpa
They're both gone, and they ain't coming(G) back
But in my (G)dreams I hear that whistle (D)calling
That SouthernFlyer keeps rolling down the (G)track
Chorus
I want to (G)ride that Southern (F)Flyer
Down to Nashville through the (G)night
Let the(G) rumble of the (F)railcars
Rock my soul til the morning (G)light
(repeat last two lines, then end)