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Lynnville Train Robert Earl Keen Cover

Key: G

Introduction:

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        G                                                                                                 D  
The lonesome oak tree held its fire into November
        Am  
He watched the last brown leaf
        C                                                         D  
Hit the ground and blow a way
          G                                                                                                              D  
An evening gunshot lets him know the hunt is over
  Am  
A familiar cold moves in
                                                C                            D  
Some where between snow and rain
                  G                                                                                 D  
Just last spring you know his heart was burning
  Am                                                                                                      C                         D  
Before his Lynnville love hit the road to chase her dream
     G                                                                                                                    D  
Now he thinks of her each night and in the morning
  Am                                                                                            C                            D  
He laces his coffee cup with whiskey instead of cream
  C  
Her story is she' s changed her mind
                G  
She just can' t help herself
                             Am  
She wrote please don' t meet me at the Lynnville train
                          C                                                              D  
Cause I' m coming in with someone else
  C  
He' s a quiet man, the neighbors say
                        G                 G/F                 Em  
But his pain won' t go a way
          C                                                                      G  
So for better or worse he' s going down
     D                                                      G  
To meet the Lynnville train
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     G                                                                                              D  
He blew a tire on the road down to the station
     Am  
He jacked it up and thought out loud,
             C                                                              D  
" She never should have let me down." 
     G                                                                                            D  
Just six months ago she vowed she was leaving
                          Am  
Now she' s coming home with a stranger
          C                                                            D  
To settle down in Lynnville town
  C  
Her story is she' s changed her mind
                G  
She just can' t help herself
                             Am  
She wrote please don' t meet me at the Lynnville train
                          C                                                              D  
Cause I' m coming in with someone else
  C  
He' s a quiet man, the neighbors say
                        G                 G/F                 Em  
But his pain won' t go a way
          C                                                                      G  
So for better or worse he' s going down
     D                                                      G  
To meet the Lynnville train
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     G  
Steel wheels scream, the whistle blows,
                                     D  
His heart is breaking
        Am  
She steps onto the platform,
                        C                                         D  
with her new love by her side
     G                                                                                                    D  
He reaches in his coat, his hand is shaking
          Am                                                                                    C                                    D  
The time has finally come. yeah, this really is goodbye
  C  
His story is he' s changed his mind,
          G  
He just can' t help himself
                        Am  
So he' s getting on board the Lynnville train
                C                                                         D  
And moving on to someplace else
  C  
As the train pulls out he watches them both
  G                                    G/F                 Em  
Standing in the pouring rain
  C                                                                      Am  
He' s headed for a new life down the line
D                                         G  
On the Lynnville Train
  C                                                                 G  
Yeah, for better or worse, he' s leaving town
D                                         G  
On the Lynnville Train