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07 Jul 97 - 08:35 PM (#8177) Subject: ramblin rumblin takin me away from you train From: Buzz for decades been trying to find out abt song I heard in a california coffee house, by an acoustic blues player about 1965 or so, I believe it was at the Creamery Coffeehouse in Berkley-(or Oakland - it's been a long time; Other than "Coffee and Confusion" in SF, it was the only place I hung around....) as best I can recall he played a typical New Yorker, but with very high tension flat-wrapped monel strings - usu for electric axe -(I think he was that guy...or else he played a bigger axe in somewhat beat/worn shape) At any rate, the song had a chorus about a train taking the singer away from his - presumably - loved one, at the end it changed to "takin' me back to you train" I can't remember much else abt the performer.. I think it referred to a commuter train, but it could have been travelling to a gig by train, etc.... Never got a recording, and also I don't recall in those days the (now ubiquitous) tapes & records for sale at the performances. I'm not even sure that cassette tapes were very available then - I think 8-tracks were about to come on strong.. oh, ya - the performer, as many there, was black.... anybody who was around there then, HELP!! |
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13 Jan 11 - 10:05 AM (#3073712) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Takin' Me Away from You Train (L Chan From: Jim Dixon Reviving a very old thread here. According to this discography, Len Chandler performed TAKIN' ME AWAY FROM YOU TRAIN on his album "To Be a Man" (1967). Apparently there used to be a video on YouTube, but it has been removed. |
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24 Jan 12 - 02:05 PM (#3295536) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Takin' Me Away from You Train (L Chandler From: GUEST,999 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QnZurQCHcrI |
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12 Mar 21 - 06:43 PM (#4097373) Subject: Lyrics and chords at the following site. From: GUEST,# https://rosshudson.co.uk/posts/taking-me-away-from-you-train/ https://rosshudson.co.uk/posts/taking-me-away-from-you-train/ Scroll down a bit. |
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29 Mar 21 - 07:50 PM (#4099879) Subject: RE: Lyr Req: Takin' Me Away from You Train (L Chandler From: GUEST,# "Takin' Me Away from You Train" (words and music by Len Chandler) G Bm/G G C/G G I put my ticket in my pocket and took my guitar from the wall C/g Am7/f# G G/F# Em And set it with my suitcase by the railing in the hall G C G D/F# G I hate so much this leaving you it's taught me how to stall Em G D/F# If I could hit it lucky I'd never leave at all To catch that G A B C Rattlin', rumblin', snortin' and grumblin' G D/F# G Taking me away from you train G A B C Rattlin', rumblin', snortin' and grumblin' G C G Taking me away from you train I'd rather take a rattle snake and hold him to my chest Than to stop the singing of these songs that I love best So I'll leave home when I have to and I'll come back when I can Just to keep on keepin on I've got to be a man To catch that Rattlin', rumblin', snortin' and grumblin' Taking me away from you train Rattlin', rumblin', snortin' and grumblin' Taking me away from you train Hey I'm going downstairs love just to catch myself a ride And to catch myself a-feeling lonesome inside to catch myself a-hurting that bangs around the brain to catch myself a-hurting that's worse than any pain to catch that Rattlin', rumblin', snortin' and grumblin' Taking me away from you train Rattlin', rumblin', snortin' and grumblin' Taking me away from you train When my job is finsihed and my fare is in my hand I'll be heading home to you the quickest way I can The train that I'll be riding on will have the sweetest sound The sound of home, sweet angel wings as home to you i'm bound I'll catch that Rattlin', rumblin', snortin' and grumblin' Bringing me home again train Rattlin', rumblin', snortin' and grumblin' Bringing me home again train All these times that I've been leaving you I know it's been all wrong We'll seldom have to say goodbye since you can come along I haven't it it lucky yet but thing aren't quite so bad Together we'll be travelling, together we'll be glad To catch that Rattlin', rumblin', snortin' and grumblin' Going off together now train Rattlin', rumblin', snortin' and grumblin' Going off together train And surely as sure a barbed wire fence can't hold back the tide Together we'll be breaking through so it's together we should ride But my schedule's getting tighter baby and those trains just take so long I guess we'll have to catch a plane and write another song from the link at 12 Mar 21 - 06:43 PM |