Chords for Prairie Oyster - One Way Track

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I'm sick of her telling me what I can and can't do.
I don't want to be here anymore.
Your mother doesn't want to lose you.
I don't care! _ _ _
_ Billy, there are reasons your mother's afraid you might not come back. _
[A#] _ _ _ Here, take this.
Maybe you'll find something interesting in this trunk. _ _ _ _
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[E] _ _ _ Well, Billy was born in a prairie [B] storm.
Dust turned the [E] whole town black.
Dad left home a month [B] before and promised [E] he'd be back.
[A] He said, I can't make a living out of farming [E] and dusting.
No other [B] job around here.
[E] Then he turned and climbed aboard the [B] train.
And she fought [E] back in tears.
When the dust had settled on her [B] drums,
Mom said, [E] turn gears.
Working finger to the [B] bone,
Left no [E] time for tears.
[A] Still every time she'd hear that whistle,
[E] Oh, her mind went racing [B] back
[E] To the train that left that prairie [B] town
Running [E] on a windy track. _ _
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[A] _ [Bm] _ [E] _ _ _ _ But she knew he was his [B] father's son,
So it came as no [E] surprise.
When Billy said, I'm headed [B] west
To see the ocean beneath [E] the sky.
He [A] said, I won't be long, Mama, don't [E] you cry.
But she knew better [B] than that.
[E] Every train that leaves the prairie town
[B] Is running on [E] a windy track. _
[A] So with his nose to the window of the highballing [E] train,
Thumbed across the prairies like a hurricane.
[A] Threw the mountains out to the Pacific shore.
[E] Life would [A] never be the [B] same no more.
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[B] _ [E] Now _ _ _ _ _ _ _ late at night when the city [B] sleeps,
He swears [E] sometimes he hears
The soft wind through the prairie [B] grass,
A sweet voice [E] in his ear.
[A] But as Billy stumbles [B] through the [E] night,
He knows there ain't no [B] turning back.
[E] Every train that leaves the prairie [B] town
Is running on [E] a windy track.
_ She awoke one morning to a [B] knock on her door
Six months [E] to the day.
He said, I hate to have to bear the [B] news
Your son is [E] a fast boy.
[A] She was there at the station when [B] the train [E] rolled in
Bringing [B] Billy back.
[E] Every train that leaves the prairie [B] town
Is running [E] on a windy track.
_ _ Every train that leaves the prairie [B] town
Is running [E] on a windy track.
[A] [B] Running [E] on a windy track.
[A] [B] Running on [E] a windy track. _ _
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