Just realized there are a couple of mistakes in the chords I posted above.  Here, anyway, is the way I play it, based on playing along with Iris Dement.

Genie
 

THE TRAIN CARRYING JIMMIE RODGERS HOME            by Greg Brown

 [G]                  [F#7]         [C]                [G]
Come along, my dear, the time is growin' near.
                    [Em]           (G)          [E7]            [D]     [D7]
We'll have to walk down where the field is overgrown.
      [G]                              [F#7]          [C]                        [G]
Consumption's claimed his life and we dare not miss the sight
            [Em] (G)        [D]      [D7]        [G]
Of the train carrying Jimmie Rodgers home.

             [G]                  [F#7]           [C]          [G]
Well, we had some hard times these last few years,
              [Em] (G)      [E7]                  [D]      [D7]
Lost the farm, almost lost our spirits, too.
               [G]                      [F#7]                [C]                    [G]
Yeah, but it's the strangest thing; when we heard that man sing,
            [Em]  (G)    [D]        [D7]        [G]         [G7]
Oh, we knew somehow we'd make it through.

         [C]                      (Am7)               [G]                  [Em]
I can hear that whistle blow; that old train's a-movin' slow.
                        [G]                 [A]       [A7]          [D]  (D7)
Sounds like it's cryin' for that singin' brakeman, too.
                   [G]                    [F#7]             [C]    (Am7)      [G]
Back to the sunny south he'll go, and he'll never roam no more,
     [Em]      (G)    [D]    [D7]   [G]
Here's the train, oh hold me close, oh, sweetheart, do.

          [G]                [F#7]       [C]                   [G]
Come here, my little son, and let me hold you up.
                      [Em]      (G)  [E7]                      [D]       [D7]
Want you to remember this day when you are grown,
               [G]                   [F#7]            [C]               [G]
How your mama and your dad were so proud and so sad
                     [Em] (G)         [D]       [D7]       [G]
Watchin' the train carrying Jimmie Rodgers home.

 Repeat bridge, then:

                      [Em]  (G)         [D]      [D7]       [G]
There goes the train carrying Jimmie Rodgers home.
           [G]      [D]     [C] [G]
Oh-de-lay-ee, Ay-dee, hoo

Got 'em, JenEllen?