{"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":2305267,"song":"Daddy Whats A Train","artist":"Utah Phillips","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/2305267-daddy-whats-a-train-chords-by-utah-phillips/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2305267?type=chord","rating":4.85064,"votes":20,"content":"[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nDaddy, what's a train?  Is it something I can ride?[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                                [ch]E7[/ch]            [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nDoes it carry lots of grown-up folks and little kids inside?[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]D7[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIs it bigger than our house? Well how can I explain[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]A7[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhen my little boy asks me, Daddy whats a train?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]     [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWhen I was just a boy living by the track[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]                              [ch]E7[/ch]                [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nUs kids'd gather up the coal in a big ol' big gunny sack,[/tab]\r\n[tab]              [ch]D[/ch]                [ch]D7[/ch]           [ch]G[/ch]\r\nAnd then we'd hear the warning sound as the train pulled into view[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                                [ch]A7[/ch]               [ch]D[/ch]         [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nAnd the engineer would smile and wave as she went rolling through;[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Bridge 1]\r\n(spoken)\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                                     [ch]D[/ch]\r\nShe blew so loud and clear that we had to cover up our ears[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]E7[/ch]                               [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd we counted cars as high as we could go.[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]D7[/ch]            [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI can almost hear the steam and the big old drivers scream[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]A[/ch]               [ch]A7[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWith a sound my little boy will never know.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nDaddy, what's a train?  Is it something I can ride?[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                                [ch]E7[/ch]            [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nDoes it carry lots of grown-up folks and little kids inside?[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]D7[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIs it bigger than our house? Well how can I explain[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]A7[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhen my little boy asks me, Daddy whats a train?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]                                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI guess the times have changed and kids are different now;[/tab]\r\n[tab]       [ch]D[/ch]                                 [ch]E7[/ch]                [ch]A7[/ch]\r\n'Cause some don't even seem to know that milk comes from a cow.[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]              [ch]D7[/ch]                [ch]G[/ch]\r\nMy little boy can tell the names of all the baseball stars[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                             [ch]A7[/ch]                [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAnd I remember how we memorized the names on railroad cars:[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Bridge 2]\r\n(spoken)\r\n[tab]    [ch]G[/ch]                   [ch]D[/ch]\r\nThe Wabash and TP, Lackawanna and the IC[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]E7[/ch]                                  [ch]A[/ch]\r\nNickel Plate and the good old Santa Fe;[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                     [ch]D7[/ch]     [ch]G[/ch]\r\nJust names out of the past I guess they're fading fast[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]A[/ch]            [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nEvery time I hear my little boy say,[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nDaddy, what's a train?  Is it something I can ride?[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                                [ch]E7[/ch]            [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nDoes it carry lots of grown-up folks and little kids inside?[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]D7[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIs it bigger than our house? Well how can I explain[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]A7[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhen my little boy asks me, Daddy whats a train?[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]                        [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe climbed into the car and drove down into town[/tab]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                               [ch]E7[/ch]          [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nRight up to the depot house but no one was around.[/tab]\r\n[tab]   [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]D7[/ch]         [ch]G[/ch]\r\nWe searched the yard together for something I could show[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]                                    [ch]A7[/ch]             [ch]D[/ch]     [ch]D7[/ch]\r\nBut I knew there hadn't been a train for a dozen years or so.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Bridge 3]\r\n(spoken)\r\n[tab][ch]G[/ch]                         [ch]D[/ch]\r\nAll the things I did when I was just a kid[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]E7[/ch]                           [ch]A[/ch]\r\nHow far away those old memories appear,[/tab]\r\n[tab]  [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]D7[/ch]             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nI guess it's plain to see they still mean a lot to me[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]D[/ch]             [ch]A7[/ch]        [ch]D[/ch]\r\n'Cause my ambition was to be an engineer.[/tab]\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab][ch]D[/ch]                             [ch]G[/ch]\r\nDaddy, what's a train?  Is it something I can ride?[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                                [ch]E7[/ch]            [ch]A7[/ch]\r\nDoes it carry lots of grown-up folks and little kids inside?[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]D[/ch]               [ch]D7[/ch]          [ch]G[/ch]\r\nIs it bigger than our house? Well how can I explain[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]D[/ch]                   [ch]A7[/ch]            [ch]D[/ch]\r\nWhen my little boy asks me, Daddy whats a train?[/tab]","plain_text":"[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge 1]\n(spoken)\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge 2]\n(spoken)\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n[Bridge 3]\n(spoken)\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]","chords":["D","G","E7","A7","D7","A"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"A7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,0,2,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,0,2,0]},"D":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,1,3,2],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,3,2]},"D7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,0,2,1,3],"frets":[-1,-1,0,2,1,2]},"E7":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,2,0,1,0,0],"frets":[0,2,0,1,0,0]},"G":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[2,1,0,0,0,3],"frets":[3,2,0,0,0,3]}}}