Chords for "The Train Carrying Jimmie Rodgers Home" - Decker and Skinner and The Blue Ridge Cut-Ups

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[F] _ _ _ _ _ _ Well, come along my dear, [Bb] the time [F] is drawing near.
We'll [Dm] have to walk [G] down through the fields [C]
overgrown.
_ _ _ [F] Consumption claimed his life, [Bb] but we dare not [F] miss the sight
[Dm] of the train [C] carrying Jimmy [F] Rogers home. _ _
We've had some hard times [Bb] these last [F] few years.
We lost [Dm] the farm, we [G] nearly lost our [C] spirits too.
_ [A] _ [F] But it's the strangest thing [Bb] when we heard that [F] man sing
that [Dm] somehow we [D] knew we'd [F] make it through.
_ _ [Bb] I can hear that whistle blow, [F] that old train's a-rollin' slow.
Sounds [G] like it's crying for that singing [C] breakin' too.
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Back [F] to the sunny South he'll go, [Gm] and he'll never [F] roll no more.
Here [Dm] comes the train [C] carrying Jimmy [F] Rogers home.
Well, _ _ _
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_ _ [Dm] _ _ [G] _ _ _ [C] _
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[Dm] _ _ [C] _ _ _ [F] _ _ _
_ come here my little [G] son, [Bb] and let [F] me hold you up.
[Dm] I want you to [G] remember when [C] you were grown. _ _
How [F] your mama and [A] your dad were [Bb] so proud but [F] so sad.
Oh, [Dm] watchin' the train [C] carrying Jimmy [F] Rogers home.
_ _ [A] I [Bb] can hear that whistle blow, [F] that old train's a-rollin' slow.
Sounds [G] like it's crying for that [C] singing breakin' too.
_ Back to the [F] sunny South he'll [F] go, [Bb] and he'll never roll [F] no more.
[Dm] Here comes the train [D] carrying Jimmy [F] Rogers home.
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_ [F] _ _ _ _ Here comes the train [C] carrying Jimmy [F] Rogers home. _ _
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