D G D
When I was a boy in the days of the train
Bm A
I'd sit by the tracks on a long summer day
G D
And I'd wave at the brakesman, And he'd wave back at me
Bm A D
While the thunderclouds rolled... Out of East Tennessee
D G D
But the dreams of a boy disappear when you're grown
Bm A
And though I may dream, the railroads are gone
G D
The ties they are rotten And the tracks shot to hell
Bm A D
Along with my dreams... and the old railroad bell
D G A D
In my dreams I ride the rails to California
G A D
Workin' diners and farms along the way
G A D
Or I'd hop a ride to hide across the border
G A D
With a black eyed girl beside me all the way
D G D
Now the mountains are silent And the railroads are gone
Bm A
And the coal towns no longer hear the miners at dawn
G D
But the train whistle shrills out her memories to me
Bm A D
While the thunderclouds roll... out of East Tennessee
D G A D
In my dreams I ride the rails to California
G A D
Workin' diners and farms along the way
G A D
Or I'd hop a ride to hide across the border
G A D
With a black eyed girl beside me all the way
D G D
Now the mountains are silent And the railroads are gone
Bm A
And the coal towns no longer hear the miners at dawn
G D
But the train whistle shrills out her memories to me
Bm A D
While the thunderclouds roll... out of East Tennessee
Composição de Jim Croce