Chords for Boxcar Willie at home in Texas
Tempo:
110.05 bpm
Chords used:
Eb
Ab
Bb
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Jam Along & Learn...
Here she comes, hey look at her roll, there she flies, eating [Bb] that coal, [Eb] watch her fly,
she's hugging the rail, now let's bound, bound, [Bb] bound, hop on the rail.
[Ab]
Well a train of love is a coming, big black wheels are a humming, here and there in the
world where happy hearts are humming, train man tell me maybe, ain't you got my baby,
[Eb] well every so often everybody's baby gets a year's to roam, but everybody baby but [Ab] mine's
coming home.
[Eb]
Hand me down my walking cane, [Bb] hand me down my [Eb] walking cane, [Ab] hand me down
my walking cane, I'm gonna live on the midnight train, ain't gonna worry [Bb] this way [Eb] no more.
[Ab]
[Bb] He was going down the grade doing ninety miles an hour when the whistle broke in the screen,
[Ab] he was found and wrecked with his hand on the throttle and [Eb] scalded to death by the [Ab] steam.
Hey look yonder coming, coming down that railroad track, [Ab] hey look yonder coming honey, coming
down that railroad [Eb] track, it's [Bb] that orange blossom special, bringing my baby [Eb] back.
[Ab]
From
the great Atlantic Ocean to the white Pacific shore, [Eb] to the queen of flowing mountain mine
to Southville [Ab] by the shore, hear the mighty rush of the engine, hear that lots of hobo
squaw, [Eb] no changes can be taken on the war [Ab] bash cannonball.
[Eb]
Take that night train to Memphis, take that [Ab] night train to Memphis, [Eb] tell the engineer
to pull the throttle [Bb] open, [Eb] leave at three fifty seven and arrive at eleven, and [Bb] I'll
be waiting [Eb] and hoping,
[Ab] hallelujah, [Eb] hallelujah, oh we'll shout hallelujah all the [Bb] way, [Eb] and
we'll have a jubilee down in Memphis, Tennessee, and we'll [Bb] shout hallelujah [Eb] all the way.
We'll shout hallelujah all the way.
she's hugging the rail, now let's bound, bound, [Bb] bound, hop on the rail.
[Ab]
Well a train of love is a coming, big black wheels are a humming, here and there in the
world where happy hearts are humming, train man tell me maybe, ain't you got my baby,
[Eb] well every so often everybody's baby gets a year's to roam, but everybody baby but [Ab] mine's
coming home.
[Eb]
Hand me down my walking cane, [Bb] hand me down my [Eb] walking cane, [Ab] hand me down
my walking cane, I'm gonna live on the midnight train, ain't gonna worry [Bb] this way [Eb] no more.
[Ab]
[Bb] He was going down the grade doing ninety miles an hour when the whistle broke in the screen,
[Ab] he was found and wrecked with his hand on the throttle and [Eb] scalded to death by the [Ab] steam.
Hey look yonder coming, coming down that railroad track, [Ab] hey look yonder coming honey, coming
down that railroad [Eb] track, it's [Bb] that orange blossom special, bringing my baby [Eb] back.
[Ab]
From
the great Atlantic Ocean to the white Pacific shore, [Eb] to the queen of flowing mountain mine
to Southville [Ab] by the shore, hear the mighty rush of the engine, hear that lots of hobo
squaw, [Eb] no changes can be taken on the war [Ab] bash cannonball.
[Eb]
Take that night train to Memphis, take that [Ab] night train to Memphis, [Eb] tell the engineer
to pull the throttle [Bb] open, [Eb] leave at three fifty seven and arrive at eleven, and [Bb] I'll
be waiting [Eb] and hoping,
[Ab] hallelujah, [Eb] hallelujah, oh we'll shout hallelujah all the [Bb] way, [Eb] and
we'll have a jubilee down in Memphis, Tennessee, and we'll [Bb] shout hallelujah [Eb] all the way.
We'll shout hallelujah all the way.
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_ Here she comes, hey look at her roll, there she flies, eating [Bb] that coal, [Eb] watch her fly,
_ she's hugging the rail, _ now let's bound, bound, [Bb] bound, hop on the rail.
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _
Well a train of love is a coming, big black wheels are a humming, here and there in the
world where happy hearts are humming, train man tell me maybe, ain't you got my baby,
[Eb] well every so often everybody's baby gets a year's to roam, but everybody baby but [Ab] mine's
coming home. _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Hand me down my walking cane, _ [Bb] hand me down my [Eb] walking cane, _ [Ab] hand me down
my walking cane, I'm gonna live on the midnight train, ain't gonna worry [Bb] this way [Eb] no more.
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] He was going down the grade doing ninety miles an hour when the whistle broke in the screen,
_ [Ab] he was found and wrecked with his hand on the throttle and [Eb] scalded to death by the [Ab] steam.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Hey look _ yonder _ coming, _ _ coming down that railroad track, _ _ [Ab] hey look yonder coming honey, _ _ coming
down that railroad [Eb] track, _ _ _ it's [Bb] that orange blossom special, _ _ bringing my baby [Eb] back.
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
_ From
the great Atlantic Ocean to the white Pacific shore, [Eb] to the queen of flowing mountain mine
to Southville [Ab] by the shore, hear the mighty rush of the engine, hear that lots of hobo
squaw, [Eb] no changes can be taken on the war [Ab] bash cannonball.
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Take that night train to Memphis, take that [Ab] night train to Memphis, [Eb] tell the engineer
to pull the throttle [Bb] open, [Eb] leave at three fifty seven and arrive at eleven, and [Bb] I'll
be waiting [Eb] and hoping, _ _
[Ab] hallelujah, _ _ [Eb] hallelujah, _ oh we'll shout hallelujah all the [Bb] way, _ [Eb] and
we'll have a jubilee down in Memphis, Tennessee, and we'll [Bb] shout hallelujah [Eb] all the way.
We'll shout hallelujah all the way. _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ Here she comes, hey look at her roll, there she flies, eating [Bb] that coal, [Eb] watch her fly,
_ she's hugging the rail, _ now let's bound, bound, [Bb] bound, hop on the rail.
_ [Ab] _ _ _ _ _
Well a train of love is a coming, big black wheels are a humming, here and there in the
world where happy hearts are humming, train man tell me maybe, ain't you got my baby,
[Eb] well every so often everybody's baby gets a year's to roam, but everybody baby but [Ab] mine's
coming home. _
[Eb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ Hand me down my walking cane, _ [Bb] hand me down my [Eb] walking cane, _ [Ab] hand me down
my walking cane, I'm gonna live on the midnight train, ain't gonna worry [Bb] this way [Eb] no more.
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
_ [Bb] He was going down the grade doing ninety miles an hour when the whistle broke in the screen,
_ [Ab] he was found and wrecked with his hand on the throttle and [Eb] scalded to death by the [Ab] steam.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ Hey look _ yonder _ coming, _ _ coming down that railroad track, _ _ [Ab] hey look yonder coming honey, _ _ coming
down that railroad [Eb] track, _ _ _ it's [Bb] that orange blossom special, _ _ bringing my baby [Eb] back.
_ _ [Ab] _ _ _ _
_ From
the great Atlantic Ocean to the white Pacific shore, [Eb] to the queen of flowing mountain mine
to Southville [Ab] by the shore, hear the mighty rush of the engine, hear that lots of hobo
squaw, [Eb] no changes can be taken on the war [Ab] bash cannonball.
_ [Eb] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _
Take that night train to Memphis, take that [Ab] night train to Memphis, [Eb] tell the engineer
to pull the throttle [Bb] open, [Eb] leave at three fifty seven and arrive at eleven, and [Bb] I'll
be waiting [Eb] and hoping, _ _
[Ab] hallelujah, _ _ [Eb] hallelujah, _ oh we'll shout hallelujah all the [Bb] way, _ [Eb] and
we'll have a jubilee down in Memphis, Tennessee, and we'll [Bb] shout hallelujah [Eb] all the way.
We'll shout hallelujah all the way. _