Steve Earle

^E7 My Grandaddy was a railroad man
When I was young he took me ^B7 by the h ^E and
^E7 Drugged me to the station at the break of dawn
Said "boy I got to show you somethin' ' ^B7 fore it's ^E gone"
She was ^A7 blue and silver - she was right on time
We ^E rode that Texas Eagle on the ^B7 Mopac l ^E ine
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^E7 We had some sandwiches that Granma packed
We rode to Palestine and ^B7 hitchhiked ^E back
^E7 Home in time for supper with a tale to tell
That night I dreamed I heard that lonesome ^B7 whistle ^E wail
^A7 When I got old enough to ridee the train alone
^E7 I'd ride that Texas Eagle up from ^B7 San ^E Antone
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^E7 Nowadays they don't make no trains
Just the piggyback freighters and them ^B7 Amtrak ^E things
^E7 They shut the Eagle down awhile ago
Sold it to the railroad down in ^B7 Mexi ^E co
^A7 But every now and then that whistle's on my mind
^E7 I ride that Texas Eagle ‘cross the ^B7 border ^E line
From Steve Earle "The Mountain"
E Squared Records 1999