{"source":"Free Chord Book","source_url":"https://www.free-chords.com","license_note":"Free for personal use. Lyrics and compositions © their respective songwriters and publishers.","tab_id":2283931,"song":"Texas 1947","artist":"Guy Clark","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/11479340-texas-1947-chords-by-guy-clark/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2283931?type=chord","rating":4.72249,"votes":35,"content":"[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nNow bein' six years old[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI'd seen some trains before,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nso it's hard to figure out[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]B7[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]\r\nwhat I'm at the depot for.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nTrains are big and black and smokin' steam,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nscreamin' at the wheels,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nbigger than anything there is,[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]B7[/ch]                  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nat least that's the way she feels[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]           [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nTrains are big and black and smokin',[/tab]\r\n\r\nlouder than July four,\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]\r\nbut everybody's actin' like[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]B7[/ch]                  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nthis might be somethin' more...[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\n...than just pickin' up the mail[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]G[/ch]\r\nor the soldiers from the war,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nthis is somethin' that even old man Wileman (?)[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nnever seen before.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Bridge]\r\n[tab]         [ch]F#m[/ch]\r\nAnd it's late afternoon[/tab]\r\n\r\non a hot Texas day,\r\n[tab]                     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nsomethin' strange is goin' on[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]B7[/ch]          [ch]E[/ch]\r\nand we's all in the way.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nWell there's fifty or sixty people[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nthey're just sittin' on their cars,[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nand the old men left their dominoes[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]B7[/ch]                  [ch]E[/ch]\r\nand they come down from the bars.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nEverybody's checkin',[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nold Jack Kittrel(?) checked his watch,[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]\r\nand us kids put our ears[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]B7[/ch]                 [ch]E[/ch]\r\nto the rails to hear 'em pop.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab]   [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nSo we already knowed[/tab]\r\n\r\nwhen they finally said 'train time'\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nyou'd a-thought that Jesus Christ himself[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]B7[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]\r\nwas rollin' down the line.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nCuz things got real quiet,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nMomma jerked me back,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nnot before I'd got the chance[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]B7[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nto lay a nickel on the track.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[CHORUS]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nLook out here she comes, she's comin',[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nLook out there she goes, she's gone,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch]\r\nscreamin' straight through Texas[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nlike a mad dog cyclone.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch]\r\nBig, red, and silver,[/tab]\r\nshe don't make no smoke,\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]\r\nshe's a fast-rollin' streamline[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch]                [ch]E[/ch]\r\ncome to show the folks.[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nLook out here she comes, she's comin'[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]\r\nLook out there she goes, she's gone,[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]B7[/ch]\r\nscreamin' straight through Texas[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]         [ch]E[/ch]\r\nlike a mad dog cyclone.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\n...Lord, she never even stopped.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nShe left fifty or sixty people[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]G[/ch]\r\nstill sittin' on their cars,[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nand they're wonderin' what it's comin' to[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]B7[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]\r\nand how it got this far.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[tab][ch]E[/ch]\r\nOh but me I got a nickel smashed[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]\r\nflatter than a dime[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]A[/ch]\r\nby a mad dog, runaway[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]B7[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nred-silver streamline...train[/tab]\r\nCHORUS Fade","plain_text":"louder than July four,\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge]\n\n\non a hot Texas day,\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nwhen they finally said 'train time'\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[CHORUS]\n\n\n\n\n\nshe don't make no smoke,\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nCHORUS Fade","chords":["E","G","A","B7","F#m"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"B7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,1,3,0,4],"frets":[-1,2,1,2,0,2]},"E":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,3,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,2,1,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}