{"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":2672829,"song":"Trains Make Me Lonesome","artist":"George Strait","content_type":"chord","tab_type":"Chords","url":"https://www.free-chords.com/song/2672829-trains-make-me-lonesome-chords-by-george-strait/","api_url":"https://www.free-chords.com/api/v1/songs/2672829?type=chord","rating":4.54835,"votes":12,"content":"Wirtten by Paul Overstreet, Thom Schuyler\r\nFrom his 1992 album, \"Holding My Own\", MCA Records - Nashville\r\n\r\nCapo 2\r\n\r\n[Intro]\r\n\r\n[ch]E[/ch]\r\n\r\n[Verse 1]\r\n[tab]                           [ch]B7[/ch]            [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI was five years old when daddy started packin'[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]A[/ch]                            [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd I stood there by my mama as she cried[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd the next thing that we knew,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]E[/ch]                   [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nSome old train came passin' through[/tab]\r\n[tab]     [ch]F#[/ch]                         [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nAnd Daddy got on board, and we ain't seen him no more[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]   [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]B7[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI wonder why trains make me lonesome[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nIt happens everytime that engine moans some[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd when I hear that whistle blow[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]E[/ch]                 [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nOh, it makes my heart sink low[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F#[/ch]         [ch]B7[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd I wonder why trains make me lo - o - one - some[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 2]\r\n[tab]          [ch]E[/ch]                       [ch]B7[/ch]               [ch]E[/ch]\r\nIt was a cold dark night when I drove her to the depot[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]A[/ch]                                     [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThere were tears in my eyes, and a ticket in her hand[/tab]\r\n[tab]           [ch]A[/ch]                                      [ch]E[/ch]             [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nAnd as we stood there by those tracks, I knew she wasn't comin' back[/tab]\r\n[tab]      [ch]F#[/ch]                            [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nSo I turned and walked away, but I still miss her today[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]   [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]B7[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI wonder why trains make me lonesome[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nIt happens everytime that engine moans some[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd when I hear that whistle blow[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]E[/ch]                 [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nOh, it makes my heart sink low[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F#[/ch]         [ch]B7[/ch]           [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd I wonder why trains make me lo - o - one - some[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Verse 3]\r\n[tab]       [ch]C#m[/ch]                               [ch]E[/ch]\r\nThis office building looks like central station,[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]C#m[/ch]                           [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd those ink spots look engine number nine[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]Am[/ch]                                [ch]E[/ch]            [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nAnd this couch on which I lay, supposed to haul my blues away[/tab]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F#[/ch]                              [ch]B7[/ch]\r\nThat old pipe you keep tokin' is like an old cold enging smokin'[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Chorus]\r\n[tab]   [ch]E[/ch]          [ch]B7[/ch]             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nI wonder why trains make me lonesome[/tab]\r\n[tab]    [ch]A[/ch]                             [ch]E[/ch]\r\nIt happens everytime that engine moans some[/tab]\r\n[tab]            [ch]A[/ch]\r\nAnd when I hear that whistle blow[/tab]\r\n[tab]         [ch]E[/ch]                 [ch]C#m[/ch]\r\nOh, it makes my heart sink low[/tab]\r\n[tab]        [ch]F#[/ch]         [ch]B7[/ch]            [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]\r\nAnd I wonder why trains make me lo - o - one - some[/tab]\r\n\r\n\r\n[Outro]\r\n[tab]          [ch]F#[/ch]         [ch]B7[/ch]             [ch]A[/ch]              [ch]E[/ch]\r\nOh yes I wonder why trains make me lo - o - one - some[/tab]","plain_text":"Wirtten by Paul Overstreet, Thom Schuyler\nFrom his 1992 album, \"Holding My Own\", MCA Records - Nashville\n\nCapo 2\n\n[Intro]\n\nE\n\n[Verse 1]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 2]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Verse 3]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Chorus]\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n[Outro]","chords":["E","B7","A","C#m","F#","Am"],"chord_diagrams":{"A":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,1,2,3,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,2,0]},"Am":{"barres":[],"baseFret":1,"fingers":[0,0,2,3,1,0],"frets":[-1,0,2,2,1,0]},"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]}}}