Key: C#m
Introduction: Dm Dm Dm Dm
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It was early in the fall and a blowin' up a squall
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From the trestle you could hear the weirdest moans (oo'ooh)
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With a mighty lonesome cry, came a whistle from the sky
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And it chilled the very marrow in my bones (oo'ooh)
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Then a loud rushing roar, like you never heard before
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Turned the blood to icy water in my veins
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As I watched with rising fear, something strange was drawing near
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And I saw in the clouds ghost trains
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(Ghost trains, ghost trains what a fearful sight)
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The cannonball and no 9 were racing through the night
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Just as they passed me by I heard the engineer cry
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Give her coal, give her coal, shovel it on
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You could see the fireman grinnin' in the engine that was winnin'
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But I knew before the finish they'd be gone
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(Well he knew before the fisnish they'd be gone)
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You could see the drivers roll as they shovelled on the coal
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And the black smoke came pouring from the stacks (oo'ooh)
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As they thundered through the sky, I am here to testify
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You could hear the wheel's a clickin' on the tracks (oo'ooh)
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Through the smoke and the steam you could see the headlights gleam
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Now I have no proof but still the fact remains
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You may doubt it but I swear, there were cinders in my hair
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When I saw in the clouds ghost trains
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(Ghost trains, ghost trains what a fearful sight)
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The cannonball and no 9 were racing through the night
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Just as they passed me by I heard the engineer cry
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Giver her coal, give her coal, shovel it on
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You could see the fireman grinnin' in the engine that was winnin'
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As I watched I saw them fade into the dawn (haha)
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(As he watched he saw them fade into the dawn)