Merle Haggard - The Coming And The Going Of The Trains Chords
Tempo:
81.3 bpm
Chords used:
Bb
A
E
F
Ab
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
I'd like you to listen close to this next number because each verse of the song we're
about to do separates and describes different people and different situations.
This particular train song, it's not a [C] song about any one special train like the Wabash
Cannonball or [N] the Orange Blossom Special, but instead it's about a lot of different trains.
But if you were to couple all [G] these trains together, you could possibly [C] call it the train
of life, or better yet, maybe [N] the train of history, because each verse tells of a different
era and the powerful effect that the railroad had at some particular time in the past.
[E] [A]
I am just an Indian [E] and once this was [A] my land.
Now it's been taken from me [E] by the coming [A] of a white man.
And the anger makes [D] my blood run [A] hot and heavy in [Gbm] my veins.
[A] Every time I think about [G] the coming of [A] the trains.
The day was hot and dusty [E] in the year of [A] 69.
As we heard a whistle blowing [E] somewhere [A] down the line.
That [D] was the year I [A] rode with Frank and [Gbm] Jesse James.
[A] As we waited for the coming [G] and the going [A] of the trains.
The drought hit West Texas [E] and the ground was cracked [A] and dry.
We just had to have some water or [E] our crops would surely [A] die.
The railroad shipped [D] us water till [A] we finally got [Gbm] some rain.
[A] And I thank God for the coming and [G] the going of [A] the trains.
[Bb] I live behind these iron bars, [F] I'm a prisoner to [Bb] doing time.
And I've heard that midnight parade pass [F] at least a [Bb] thousand times.
And I spend my time [Eb] walking to [Bb] the door and back [Gm] again.
[Bb] And marking down the coming and [Ab] the going of [Bb] the trains.
I've always been an engineer, [F] trains are all I [Bb] know.
Now they don't want me anymore and [F] they say that I'm too [Bb] old.
But my cabin at the [Eb] crossing sort of [Bb] helps to ease [Gm] my pain.
For [Bb] I just had to feel the coming and [Ab] the going of the [Bb] trains.
The trucks and planes are faster now and [F] the railroad is too [Bb] slow.
And they just came and told me that my [F] railroad has to [Bb] go.
The hands that built the [Eb] railroad through [Bb] sweat and blood [Gm] and pain.
Will sign the final papers [Ab] of the going of [Bb] the trains.
And I have seen the coming and [Ab] the going [Bb] of the trains.
[Ab] [Bb]
[Ab]
[Bb]
about to do separates and describes different people and different situations.
This particular train song, it's not a [C] song about any one special train like the Wabash
Cannonball or [N] the Orange Blossom Special, but instead it's about a lot of different trains.
But if you were to couple all [G] these trains together, you could possibly [C] call it the train
of life, or better yet, maybe [N] the train of history, because each verse tells of a different
era and the powerful effect that the railroad had at some particular time in the past.
[E] [A]
I am just an Indian [E] and once this was [A] my land.
Now it's been taken from me [E] by the coming [A] of a white man.
And the anger makes [D] my blood run [A] hot and heavy in [Gbm] my veins.
[A] Every time I think about [G] the coming of [A] the trains.
The day was hot and dusty [E] in the year of [A] 69.
As we heard a whistle blowing [E] somewhere [A] down the line.
That [D] was the year I [A] rode with Frank and [Gbm] Jesse James.
[A] As we waited for the coming [G] and the going [A] of the trains.
The drought hit West Texas [E] and the ground was cracked [A] and dry.
We just had to have some water or [E] our crops would surely [A] die.
The railroad shipped [D] us water till [A] we finally got [Gbm] some rain.
[A] And I thank God for the coming and [G] the going of [A] the trains.
[Bb] I live behind these iron bars, [F] I'm a prisoner to [Bb] doing time.
And I've heard that midnight parade pass [F] at least a [Bb] thousand times.
And I spend my time [Eb] walking to [Bb] the door and back [Gm] again.
[Bb] And marking down the coming and [Ab] the going of [Bb] the trains.
I've always been an engineer, [F] trains are all I [Bb] know.
Now they don't want me anymore and [F] they say that I'm too [Bb] old.
But my cabin at the [Eb] crossing sort of [Bb] helps to ease [Gm] my pain.
For [Bb] I just had to feel the coming and [Ab] the going of the [Bb] trains.
The trucks and planes are faster now and [F] the railroad is too [Bb] slow.
And they just came and told me that my [F] railroad has to [Bb] go.
The hands that built the [Eb] railroad through [Bb] sweat and blood [Gm] and pain.
Will sign the final papers [Ab] of the going of [Bb] the trains.
And I have seen the coming and [Ab] the going [Bb] of the trains.
[Ab] [Bb]
[Ab]
[Bb]
Key:
Bb
A
E
F
Ab
Bb
A
E
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
I'd like you to listen close to this next number because each verse of the song we're
about to do separates and describes different people and different situations.
This particular train song, it's not a [C] song about any one special train like the Wabash
Cannonball or [N] the Orange Blossom Special, but instead it's about a lot of different trains.
But if you were to couple all [G] these trains together, you could possibly [C] call it the train
of life, or better yet, maybe [N] the train of history, because each verse tells of a different
era and the powerful effect that the railroad had at some particular time in the past. _ _ _
[E] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ I am just an Indian [E] and once this was [A] my land.
_ Now it's been taken from me [E] by the coming [A] of a white man.
_ And the anger makes [D] my blood run [A] hot and heavy in [Gbm] my veins. _
[A] Every time I think about [G] the coming of [A] the trains. _
_ The day was hot and dusty [E] in the year of [A] 69.
_ As we heard a whistle blowing [E] somewhere [A] down the line.
_ _ That [D] was the year I [A] rode with Frank and [Gbm] Jesse James.
[A] As we waited for the coming [G] and the going [A] of the trains.
_ The drought hit West Texas [E] and the ground was cracked [A] and dry.
_ We just had to have some water or [E] our crops would surely [A] die.
_ _ The railroad shipped [D] us water till [A] we finally got [Gbm] some rain. _
[A] And I thank God for the coming and [G] the going of [A] the trains. _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ I live behind these iron bars, [F] I'm a prisoner to [Bb] doing time.
And I've heard that midnight parade pass [F] at least a [Bb] thousand times.
And I spend my time [Eb] walking to [Bb] the door and back [Gm] again.
_ _ [Bb] And marking down the coming and [Ab] the going of [Bb] the trains.
_ _ I've always been an engineer, [F] trains are all I [Bb] know. _ _
Now they don't want me anymore and [F] they say that I'm too [Bb] old.
But _ my cabin at the [Eb] crossing sort of [Bb] helps to ease [Gm] my pain.
_ For [Bb] I just had to feel the coming and [Ab] the going of the [Bb] trains.
_ The trucks and planes are faster now and [F] the railroad is too [Bb] slow.
_ And they just came and told me that my [F] railroad has to [Bb] go. _
The hands that built the [Eb] railroad through [Bb] sweat and blood [Gm] and pain.
_ Will sign the final papers [Ab] of the going of [Bb] the trains.
_ _ And I have seen the coming and [Ab] the going [Bb] of the trains. _ _
_ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
I'd like you to listen close to this next number because each verse of the song we're
about to do separates and describes different people and different situations.
This particular train song, it's not a [C] song about any one special train like the Wabash
Cannonball or [N] the Orange Blossom Special, but instead it's about a lot of different trains.
But if you were to couple all [G] these trains together, you could possibly [C] call it the train
of life, or better yet, maybe [N] the train of history, because each verse tells of a different
era and the powerful effect that the railroad had at some particular time in the past. _ _ _
[E] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ I am just an Indian [E] and once this was [A] my land.
_ Now it's been taken from me [E] by the coming [A] of a white man.
_ And the anger makes [D] my blood run [A] hot and heavy in [Gbm] my veins. _
[A] Every time I think about [G] the coming of [A] the trains. _
_ The day was hot and dusty [E] in the year of [A] 69.
_ As we heard a whistle blowing [E] somewhere [A] down the line.
_ _ That [D] was the year I [A] rode with Frank and [Gbm] Jesse James.
[A] As we waited for the coming [G] and the going [A] of the trains.
_ The drought hit West Texas [E] and the ground was cracked [A] and dry.
_ We just had to have some water or [E] our crops would surely [A] die.
_ _ The railroad shipped [D] us water till [A] we finally got [Gbm] some rain. _
[A] And I thank God for the coming and [G] the going of [A] the trains. _
_ _ [Bb] _ _ _ I live behind these iron bars, [F] I'm a prisoner to [Bb] doing time.
And I've heard that midnight parade pass [F] at least a [Bb] thousand times.
And I spend my time [Eb] walking to [Bb] the door and back [Gm] again.
_ _ [Bb] And marking down the coming and [Ab] the going of [Bb] the trains.
_ _ I've always been an engineer, [F] trains are all I [Bb] know. _ _
Now they don't want me anymore and [F] they say that I'm too [Bb] old.
But _ my cabin at the [Eb] crossing sort of [Bb] helps to ease [Gm] my pain.
_ For [Bb] I just had to feel the coming and [Ab] the going of the [Bb] trains.
_ The trucks and planes are faster now and [F] the railroad is too [Bb] slow.
_ And they just came and told me that my [F] railroad has to [Bb] go. _
The hands that built the [Eb] railroad through [Bb] sweat and blood [Gm] and pain.
_ Will sign the final papers [Ab] of the going of [Bb] the trains.
_ _ And I have seen the coming and [Ab] the going [Bb] of the trains. _ _
_ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _ [Bb] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [Ab] _ _
[Bb] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _