Learn to play "Texas-1947" on your guitar with our chord guide. This page provides everything you need to perform this song on the guitar, including lyrics integrated with chords, chord diagrams, and a key transposer to match your vocal range.
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E Now bein' six years old G I'd seen some trains before, A so it's hard to figure out B7 E what I'm at the depot for. E Trains are big and black and smokin' steam, G screamin' at the wheels, A bigger than anything there is, B7 E at least that's the way she feels B7 Trains are big and black and smokin', louder than July four, A but everybody's actin' like B7 E this might be somethin' more... Than just picking up the mail or the soldiers from the war Something even old man Wyman's never seen before F#m And it's late afternoon on a hot Texas day, somethin' strange is goin' on B7 E and we's all in the way. Well there's fifty or sixty people they're just sittin' on their cars, and the old men left their dominoes and they come down from the bars. And everybody's checking old Jack Kittrell checks his watch and us kids put our ears to the rails to hear 'em pop. So we already knowed when they finally said 'train time' you'd a thought that Jesus Christ himself was rollin' down the line. Cuz things got real quiet, Momma jerked me back, not before I'd got the chance to lay a nickel on the track. Chorus: E Look out here she comes, she's comin', A Look out there she goes, she's gone, B7 screamin' straight through Texas A E like a mad dog cyclone. B7 Big, red, and silver, she don't make no smoke, A she's a fast-rollin' streamline B7 E come to show the folks. E Look out here she comes, she's comin' A Look out there she goes, she's gone, B7 screamin' straight through Texas A E like a mad dog cyclone. E Lord, she never even stopped. She left fifty or sixty people still sittin' on their cars, and they're wonderin' what it's comin' to and how it got this far. Oh but me I got a nickel smashed flatter than a dime by a mad dog, runaway red-silver streamline train You can simplify chords by removing barre | TransposeReset Font SizeReset Guitar Chord DiagramsA E F#m G B7 Here you can see detailed diagrams for each guitar chord used in the song. Utilize our key transposer to adjust the chords to a key that better fits your singing range. Simply select the desired key, and the chords throughout this page will update automatically, ensuring you can play and sing comfortably. |
If you are also interested in learning how to play "Texas-1947" on the ukulele, check out the chords on our sister site: Ukulele Chords for "Texas-1947" by Johnny Cash.