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Choo Choo Train:The Box Tops.
#17 USA, #18 Canada and #96 in Australia in 1968.
[Verse 1]
FI got a present for brother..choo choo train.
And I'm just Bbdyin' to see my dear old mother..
choo choo train.
So, Cdon't slow down til you see my home town.
[Chorus]
Choo choo Ftrain..choo choo Dtrain.D7  
I Gknow you're not a jet Caeroplane.
But you see my Fbaby's waitin' at the station.
So, Bbgive me just a little more acceleration..
choo, choo, choo, choo, choo, choo, choo, 
choo, choo Ftrain, yeah.
[Verse 2]
FI got me a one-way ticket home..choo choo train.
All my Bbwild oats, choo choo, done been sown.
choo choo train.
So, Cdon't slow down til you see my home town.
[Chorus]
Choo choo Ftrain..choo choo DtrainD7.
I Gknow you're not a jet Caeroplane.
But you see my Fbaby's waitin' at the station.
So, Bbgive me just a little more acceleration..
choo, choo, choo, choo, choo, choo, choo, 
choo, choo Ftrain, yeah.
[Verse 3]
FChoo choo train, choo choo Dtrain.D7.
Gcan't you see the poor boy's, goin' inCsane?..
FChoo choo train..choo choo Dtrain..
GI gotta see my baby  once more, aCgain..
[Outro]
Choo choo Ftrain..choo choo DtrainD7..(Fade.)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.

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Choo Choo Train

by The Box Tops

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Choo Choo Train:The Box Tops.

#17 USA, #18 Canada and #96 in Australia in 1968.

[Verse 1]

I got a present for brother..choo choo train.

And I'm just dyin' to see my dear old mother..

choo choo train.

So, don't slow down til you see my home town.

[Chorus]

F D D7

Choo choo train..choo choo train.

G C

I know you're not a jet aeroplane.

But you see my baby's waitin' at the station.

So, give me just a little more acceleration..

choo, choo, choo, choo, choo, choo, choo,

choo, choo train, yeah.

[Verse 2]

I got me a one-way ticket home..choo choo train.

All my wild oats, choo choo, done been sown.

choo choo train.

So, don't slow down til you see my home town.

[Chorus]

F D D7

Choo choo train..choo choo train.

G C

I know you're not a jet aeroplane.

But you see my baby's waitin' at the station.

So, give me just a little more acceleration..

choo, choo, choo, choo, choo, choo, choo,

choo, choo train, yeah.

[Verse 3]

F D D7

Choo choo train, choo choo train..

G C

can't you see the poor boy's, goin' insane?..

F D

Choo choo train..choo choo train..

G C

I gotta see my baby once more, again..

[Outro]

F D D7

Choo choo train..choo choo train..(Fade.)

A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.

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