Lynnville Train Chords by Robert Earl Keen

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[D] _ _ [F] _ _ [Bb] _ _ [C] The _ _ [F] lonesome oak tree held its fire [G] into [C] November.
_ _ [Gm] He watched [Bb] the last brown leaf hit the ground and blow [C] away.
_ _ [F] An evening gunshot lets him [G] know the hunt is [Gm] over.
_ [D] [Gm] A familiar cold [Am] moves in [Bb] somewhere between snow and [C] rain.
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Just last spring you know his heart was [C] burning. _ _
[Gm] Before his [Bb] Linville love hit the road to chase her [C] dream. _
[F] Now he thinks of her each night and in the [C] morning. _
_ [Gm] He laces his coffee [Am] cup with [Bb] whiskey instead of [C] cream.
_ _ [Bb] Her story is she's changed her mind [F] she just can't help herself.
She [Gm] wrote please don't meet me [Bb] at the Linville train
because I'm coming in with someone [C] else.
_ [Bb] He's a quiet man the neighbors [F] say but his pain won't go [Dm] away.
[Bb] So for better or worse [F] he's going down [C] to meet the [F] Linville train.
[Bb] _ _
[F] _ _ [C] _ _ [F] _ _ _
He blew a tire on the road [C] down to the station. _
[Gm] He jacked it up [Bb] and thought out loud she never should have let [C] me down.
_ [F] Just six months ago she vowed [C] she was leaving.
[Gm] Now she's coming home with a [Am] stranger [Bb] to settle down in [C] Linville town.
_ [Bb] Her story is she's changed her mind [F] she just can't help herself.
She [Gm] wrote please don't meet [Bb] me at the Linville train.
I'm coming in with [C] someone else.
_ [Bb] He's a quiet man his neighbors say but his pain won't go [Dm] away.
[Bb] So for better or worse [F] he's going down [C] to meet the [F] Linville train.
[Bb] _ _
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[F] _ _ [Gm] _ _ [Am] _ _ [Bb] _ _
[C] _ _ _ _ [F] Steel wheels scream the whistle blows his [C] heart is breaking.
[G] _ She steps on [Bb] to the platform her new love by [G] her side.
[C] _ [F] He reaches in his coat his [C] hand is shaking.
_ [Gm] The time has [Am] finally come [Bb] it's really [C] goodbye. _ _ _
[Bb] His story is he's changed his [F] mind he just can't help himself.
[Gm] So he's getting on [Bb] board the Linville train and moving on to [G] someplace else.
As the train pulls [Bb] out he watches them [F] both standing in the [Dm] pouring rain.
[Bb] He's headed for a [F] new life down the [C] line on the Linville train.
[Bb] For better or [F] worse he's leaving [C] town on the [F] Linville train.
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