Texas 19
Guy ClarkVersion1
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D-DU-UDU
Now bein' six years old
I'd seen some trains before,
so it's hard to figure out
what I'm at the depot for.
Trains are big and black and smokin' steam,
screamin' at the wheels,
bigger than anything there is,
at least that's the way she feels
Trains are big and black and smokin',
louder than July four,
but everybody's actin' like
this might be somethin' more...
...than just pickin' up the mail
or the soldiers from the war,
this is somethin' that even old man Wileman (?)
never seen before.
And it's late afternoon
on a hot Texas day,
somethin' strange is goin' on
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.
Everybody's checkin',
old Jack Kittrel(?) checked 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.
Look out here she comes, she's comin',
Look out there she goes, she's gone,
screamin' straight through Texas
like a mad dog cyclone.
Big, red, and silver,
she don't make no smoke,
she's a fast-rollin' streamline
come to show the folks.
Look out here she comes, she's comin'
Look out there she goes, she's gone,
screamin' straight through Texas
like a mad dog cyclone.
...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
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Readable chord sheet for Texas 19 by Guy Clark
N[Em]ow bein' six years old I[G]'d seen some trains before, s[A]o it's hard to figure out w[B]hat I'm at the[Em] depot for. T[Em]rains are big and black and smokin' steam, s[G]creamin' at the wheels, b[A]igger than anything there is, a[B]t least that's the w[Em]ay she feels T[B]rains are big and black and smokin', louder than July four, b[A]ut everybody's actin' like t[B]his might be somethi[Em]n' more... .[Em]..than just pickin' up the mail o[G]r the soldiers from the war, t[A]his is somethin' that even old man Wileman (?) n[B]ever seen befor[Em]e. A[F#m]nd it's late afternoon on a hot Texas day, s[A]omethin' strange is goin' on a[B]nd we's all [Em]in the way. W[Em]ell there's fifty or sixty people t[G]hey're just sittin' on their cars, a[A]nd the old men left their dominoes a[B]nd they come down fr[Em]om the bars. E[Em]verybody's checkin', o[G]ld Jack Kittrel(?) checked his watch, a[A]nd us kids put our ears t[B]o the rails to hear[Em] 'em pop. S[B]o we already knowed when they finally said 'train time' y[A]ou'd a-thought that Jesus Christ himself w[B]as rollin' down th[Em]e line. C[Em]uz things got real quiet, M[G]omma jerked me back, n[A]ot before I'd got the chance t[B]o lay a nickel [Em]on the track. L[E]ook out here she comes, she's comin', L[A]ook out there she goes, she's gone, s[B]creamin' straight through Texas l[A]ike a mad d[E]og cyclone. B[B]ig, red, and silver, she don't make no smoke, s[A]he's a fast-rollin' streamline c[B]ome to show the fo[E]lks. L[E]ook out here she comes, she's comin' L[A]ook out there she goes, she's gone, s[B]creamin' straight through Texas l[A]ike a mad d[E]og cyclone. .[Em]..Lord, she never even stopped. S[Em]he left fifty or sixty people s[G]till sittin' on their cars, a[A]nd they're wonderin' what it's comin' to a[B]nd how it got thi[Em]s far. O[Em]h but me I got a nickel smashed f[G]latter than a dime b[A]y a mad dog, runaway r[B]ed-silver strea[Em]mline...train CHORDS ONLY, BY VERSE: V1: [Em] [G] [A] [B] [Em] V2: [Em] [G] [A] [B] [Em] V3: [B] [A] [B] [Em] V4: [Em] [G] [A] [B] [Em] [F#m] [A] [B] [Em] V5: [Em] [G] [A] [B] [Em] V6: [Em] [G] [A] [B] [Em] V7: [B] [A] [B] [Em] V8: [Em] [G] [A] [B] [Em] [E] [A] [B] [A] [E] [B] [A] [B] [E] [E] [A] [B] [A] [E] [Em] V9: [Em] [G] [A] [B] [Em] V10: [Em] [G] [A] [B] [Em] [E] [A] [B] [A] [E] [B] [A] [B] [E]