Chords for Blues: John Hammond - 2 19

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I [A] lost everything I had in the [Am]
29th flood.
The barn was buried [Dm] a mile [A] above.
_ Now I'm down to nothing but the whistling of steam.
My baby's leaving [Am] town on the 219.
I don't _ [D] _ _ [Am] _
know what to do.
I [D] _
will [Am] remember the day you [A] came.
I don't know [Dm] what to do.
[Am] My baby's leaving town on the 219. _ _ _ _ _ _
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[A] _ _ Now there's [D] a fella that's [Am] preaching about [D] hell and [A] damnation.
[Dm] Bouncing off [Am] the walls of the [A] Grand Central Station.
[Dm] I treated her [Am] badly.
I [A] treated her mean.
[D] Baby's [Am] leaving town on the 219.
Now baby, _ _ [A] I will remember the [G] day. _
[A] I don't know what to do.
[Em] [Dm] I _
_ [A] don't know what to do.
My baby's leaving town on the 219.
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_ _ [G] _ I [A] always been puzzled by the yin and the yang.
_ Come out in the wash, but it always leaves a stain.
Storm and [Am] drag, the lust and shame.
My baby's leaving [D] town on [C] the _ [D] 219. _ _
[Am] _ _ I don't know what to [D] do.
_ [Am] _ I will [G] remember [A] you. _
_ _ I will [D] [Am] remember you.
My baby's leaving town on the 219. _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ [D] _ [G] [A] Cause the baby was a water and the preacher stole the prize.
Sent her out for a bottle, but she come back inside.
She didn't have my whiskey, didn't have my gin. _
A hat full of feathers and a [Am] wicked grin.
I said, [D] baby, [A] _ I will remember [D] you.
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Yeah, baby, [Am] [A] I will remember you.
My [Am] baby's leaving town on the _ 219. _
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On a train you get smaller, get farther away.
The [Dm] wall [Am] covers everything you [A] wanted to say.
[Am] Was that a raindrop or a tear in [A] your eye?
[Am] You're drying your [A] nails or waving goodbye.
_ Baby, _ _ I will remember [Em] you.
Hey, _ [A] _ I don't know what to do.
Oh, baby, [D] my [Am] _ _
[D] _ baby's [Am] leaving town on the 219.
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[D] _ _ [Am] _ _ _ _ [A] I will remember [Am] you. _ _ _ _ _
[D] I don't know what to do, [Am] baby.
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