Chords for Steve Earle and The Del McCoury Band - Texas Eagle - The Mountain
Tempo:
122.7 bpm
Chords used:
E
A
Em
B
D
Tuning:Standard Tuning (EADGBE)Capo:+0fret
Start Jamming...
[B] M [A]-I-C-K-Y-M-O.
You gotta put your hat on, boy.
[D] Alright.
[C] You wanna be in the band, you [D] have to put your hat on.
[E] Alright.
[A]
[E] [Em]
[E] My granddaddy was a railroad man.
When I was young he took me by the hand.
He dragged me to the station at the break of dawn.
He said, boy, I gotta show you something before it's [A] gone.
She was blue as silver, she was right on time.
[E] We rode the Texas Eagle on that moped back in the day.
[Em] [A]
[E]
[Em] [E]
Me had some sandwiches my grandma packed.
We rode the Palestine in a hedgehog bag.
Home at times for supper with a tell of a tale.
That night I dreamed I heard [Em] that long, smooth, sweet wail.
[A] When I got old enough to take the train home,
[E] I'd ride the Texas Eagle [B] up to [E] San Antonio.
[A]
[E] [Bm] [E]
Nowadays they don't make no trains,
just some peggy-back freighters and them Amtrak bikes.
They shut the Eagle down a while ago,
sold it to the railroad [Em] down in Mexico.
[A] Every now and then it whistles on my mind,
[E] I ride the Texas Eagle across the borderline.
[Em] [A]
[E] [Bm]
[E] [A]
[E]
[A]
[E]
[Em] [B]
[G] [E] [Em]
[A]
[Am] [E]
[A]
[E]
[Em] [B]
[E]
You gotta put your hat on, boy.
[D] Alright.
[C] You wanna be in the band, you [D] have to put your hat on.
[E] Alright.
[A]
[E] [Em]
[E] My granddaddy was a railroad man.
When I was young he took me by the hand.
He dragged me to the station at the break of dawn.
He said, boy, I gotta show you something before it's [A] gone.
She was blue as silver, she was right on time.
[E] We rode the Texas Eagle on that moped back in the day.
[Em] [A]
[E]
[Em] [E]
Me had some sandwiches my grandma packed.
We rode the Palestine in a hedgehog bag.
Home at times for supper with a tell of a tale.
That night I dreamed I heard [Em] that long, smooth, sweet wail.
[A] When I got old enough to take the train home,
[E] I'd ride the Texas Eagle [B] up to [E] San Antonio.
[A]
[E] [Bm] [E]
Nowadays they don't make no trains,
just some peggy-back freighters and them Amtrak bikes.
They shut the Eagle down a while ago,
sold it to the railroad [Em] down in Mexico.
[A] Every now and then it whistles on my mind,
[E] I ride the Texas Eagle across the borderline.
[Em] [A]
[E] [Bm]
[E] [A]
[E]
[A]
[E]
[Em] [B]
[G] [E] [Em]
[A]
[Am] [E]
[A]
[E]
[Em] [B]
[E]
Key:
E
A
Em
B
D
E
A
Em
[B] M [A]-I-C-K-Y-M-O.
You gotta put your hat on, boy.
[D] Alright.
[C] _ _ You wanna be in the band, you [D] have to put your hat on.
_ _ [E] Alright.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
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_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ My _ granddaddy was a railroad man.
_ When I was young he took me by the hand.
He dragged me to the station at the break of dawn.
He said, boy, I gotta show you something before it's [A] gone.
She was blue as silver, she was right on time.
[E] We rode the Texas Eagle on that moped back in the day. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
Me had some sandwiches my grandma packed.
We rode the Palestine in a hedgehog bag.
Home at times for supper with a tell of a tale.
_ That night I dreamed I heard [Em] that long, smooth, sweet wail.
[A] When I got old enough to take the train home,
[E] I'd ride the Texas Eagle [B] up to [E] San Antonio.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Nowadays they don't make no trains,
just some peggy-back freighters and them Amtrak bikes.
_ They shut the Eagle down a while ago,
sold it to the railroad [Em] down in Mexico.
_ [A] Every now and then it whistles on my mind,
[E] I ride the Texas Eagle across the borderline.
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [E] _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
You gotta put your hat on, boy.
[D] Alright.
[C] _ _ You wanna be in the band, you [D] have to put your hat on.
_ _ [E] Alright.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _
[E] _ _ _ _ My _ granddaddy was a railroad man.
_ When I was young he took me by the hand.
He dragged me to the station at the break of dawn.
He said, boy, I gotta show you something before it's [A] gone.
She was blue as silver, she was right on time.
[E] We rode the Texas Eagle on that moped back in the day. _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ [A] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
Me had some sandwiches my grandma packed.
We rode the Palestine in a hedgehog bag.
Home at times for supper with a tell of a tale.
_ That night I dreamed I heard [Em] that long, smooth, sweet wail.
[A] When I got old enough to take the train home,
[E] I'd ride the Texas Eagle [B] up to [E] San Antonio.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [A] _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ [E] _ _ _ [Bm] _ _ [E] _ _
_ _ _ _ _ Nowadays they don't make no trains,
just some peggy-back freighters and them Amtrak bikes.
_ They shut the Eagle down a while ago,
sold it to the railroad [Em] down in Mexico.
_ [A] Every now and then it whistles on my mind,
[E] I ride the Texas Eagle across the borderline.
_ _ _ _ [Em] _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ [Bm] _ _
_ _ [E] _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ [Em] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ _ [G] _ _ [E] _ _ [Em] _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
[Am] _ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _
[Em] _ _ _ _ [B] _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [E] _ _ _ _ _
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