Song: Texas 1947 Artist: Guy Clark Transcribed by: T. Hickson lot of the subtleties, but it's a nice, easy way to play it. Guy makes the verses build as if a train is approaching and passing you by, but you gotta hear it to make it work. ___________________________________________________________Em Em Piano Chord Now bein' six years oldG G Piano Chord I'd seen some trains before,A A Piano Chord so it's hard to figure outB B Piano Chord Em Em Piano Chord what I'm at the depot for.Em Em Piano Chord Trains are big and black and smokin' steam,G G Piano Chord screamin' at the wheels,A A Piano Chord bigger than anything there is,B B Piano Chord Em Em Piano Chord at least that's the way she feelsB B Piano Chord Trains are big and black and smokin', louder than July four,A A Piano Chord but everybody's actin' likeB B Piano Chord Em Em Piano Chord this might be somethin' more...Em Em Piano Chord ...than just pickin' up the mailG G Piano Chord or the soldiers from the war,A A Piano Chord this is somethin' that even old man Wileman (?)B B Piano Chord Em Em Piano Chord never seen before. BRIDGE:F#m F#m Piano Chord And it's late afternoon on a hot Texas day,A A Piano Chord somethin' strange is goin' onB B Piano Chord Em Em Piano Chord and we's all in the way.Em Em Piano Chord Well there's fifty or sixty peopleG G Piano Chord they're just sittin' on their cars,A A Piano Chord and the old men left their dominoesB B Piano Chord Em Em Piano Chord and they come down from the bars.Em Em Piano Chord Everybody's checkin',G G Piano Chord old Jack Kittrel(?) checked his watch,A A Piano Chord and us kids put our earsB B Piano Chord Em Em Piano Chord to the rails to hear 'em pop.B B Piano Chord So we already knowed when they finally said 'train time'A A Piano Chord you'd a-thought that Jesus Christ himselfB B Piano Chord Em Em Piano Chord was rollin' down the line.Em Em Piano Chord Cuz things got real quiet,G G Piano Chord Momma jerked me back,A A Piano Chord not before I'd got the chanceB B Piano Chord Em Em Piano Chord to lay a nickel on the track. CHORUS:E E Piano Chord Look out here she comes, she's comin',A A Piano Chord Look out there she goes, she's gone,B B Piano Chord screamin' straight through TexasA A Piano Chord E E Piano Chord like a mad dog cyclone.B B Piano Chord Big, red, and silver, she don't make no smoke,A A Piano Chord she's a fast-rollin' streamlineB B Piano Chord E E Piano Chord come to show the folks.E E Piano Chord Look out here she comes, she's comin'A A Piano Chord Look out there she goes, she's gone,B B Piano Chord screamin' straight through TexasA A Piano Chord E E Piano Chord like a mad dog cyclone.Em Em Piano Chord ...Lord, she never even stopped.Em Em Piano Chord She left fifty or sixty peopleG G Piano Chord still sittin' on their cars,A A Piano Chord and they're wonderin' what it's comin' toB B Piano Chord Em Em Piano Chord and how it got this far.Em Em Piano Chord Oh but me I got a nickel smashedG G Piano Chord flatter than a dimeA A Piano Chord by a mad dog, runawayB B Piano Chord Em Em Piano Chord red-silver streamline...train CHORUS: ___________________________________________________________ CHORDS ONLY, BY VERSE: V1:Em Em Piano Chord G G Piano Chord A A Piano Chord B B Piano Chord Em Em Piano Chord V2:Em Em Piano Chord G G Piano Chord A A Piano Chord B B Piano Chord Em Em Piano Chord V3:B B Piano Chord A A Piano Chord B B Piano Chord Em Em Piano Chord V4:Em Em Piano Chord G G Piano Chord A A Piano Chord B B Piano Chord Em Em Piano Chord Bridge:F#m F#m Piano Chord A A Piano Chord B B Piano Chord Em Em Piano Chord V5:Em Em Piano Chord G G Piano Chord A A Piano Chord B B Piano Chord Em Em Piano Chord V6:Em Em Piano Chord G G Piano Chord A A Piano Chord B B Piano Chord Em Em Piano Chord V7:B B Piano Chord A A Piano Chord B B Piano Chord Em Em Piano Chord V8:Em Em Piano Chord G G Piano Chord A A Piano Chord B B Piano Chord Em Em Piano Chord CHORUS:E E Piano Chord A A Piano Chord B B Piano Chord A A Piano Chord E E Piano Chord B B Piano Chord A A Piano Chord B B Piano Chord E E Piano Chord E E Piano Chord A A Piano Chord B B Piano Chord A A Piano Chord E E Piano Chord Em Em Piano Chord V9:Em Em Piano Chord G G Piano Chord A A Piano Chord B B Piano Chord Em Em Piano Chord V10:Em Em Piano Chord G G Piano Chord A A Piano Chord B B Piano Chord Em Em Piano Chord CHORUS:E E Piano Chord A A Piano Chord B B Piano Chord A A Piano Chord E E Piano Chord B B Piano Chord A A Piano Chord B B Piano Chord E E Piano Chord E E Piano Chord A A Piano Chord B B Piano Chord A A Piano Chord E E Piano Chord