G G Am G

[Verse]
G
Where was you when the train left town?
G                                  D         G
I's standin' on the corner with my head hung down.
G        D     F                    G
Hey, the train carried my girl from town,
G    D     G
Hey, heyey hey.

[Train sound instrumental]
G G Am G

[Verse]
G
I wish to the Lord that the train would wreck,
         G                      D         G
Kill the engineer and break the fireman's neck.
G         D     F                    D
Hey, that train carried my girl from town
G    D     G
Hey, heyey hey.

[Train sound instrumental]
G G Am G

[Verse]
G
Rations on the table and the coffee's gettin' cold,
G                           D     G
some dirty rounder stole my jelly roll.
G         D     F                    D
Hey, that train carried my girl from town
G    D     G
Hey, heyey hey.

[Train sound instrumental]
G G Am G

[Verse]
G
There goes my girl, somebod bring her back,
       G                        D     G
'Cause she's got her hand in my money sack.
G         D     F                    D
Hey, that train carried my girl from town
G    D     G
Hey, heyey hey.

[Train sound instrumental]
G G Am G

[Outro]
G
Ashes to ashes and dust to dust,
     G                        D       G
Lord show me the woman that a man can trust.
G         D     F                    D
Hey, that train carried my girl from town
G    D     G
Hey, heyey hey.