Tom: G
G
G7
C
G
Come along, my dear, the time is growing near.
G
A
A7
D
D7
We'll have to walk down where the field is overgrown.
G
G7
C
G
Consumption's claimed his life and we dare not miss the sight
Em
D
D7
G
Of the train carrying Jimmie Rodgers home.
G
G7
C
G
Well, we had some hard times these last few years,
Em
G
A
A7
D
D7
Lost the farm, almost lost our spirits, too.
G
G7
C
G
Yeah, but it's the strangest thing; when we heard that man sing,
Em
D
D7
G
G7
Oh, we knew somehow we'd make it through.
C
G
Em
I can hear that whistle blow; that old train's a-movin' slow.
G
Em
A
A7
D
Sounds like it's cryin' for that singing brakeman, too.
G
G7
C
G
Back to the sunny south he'll go, and he'll never roam no more,
Em
(G) D
D7
G
Here's the train, oh hold me close, oh, sweetheart, do.
G
G7
C
G
Come here, my little one, let me hold you up.
G
A
A7
D
D7
Want you to remember this day when you are grown,
G
G7
C
G
How your mama and your dad were so proud and so sad
Em
D
D7
G
Watching the train carrying Jimmie Rodgers home.
Chorus
Em
D
D7
G
There goes the train carrying Jimmie Rodgers home.
G
D
C
G
Oh-de-lay-ee, Ay-dee, oh- oo