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Tornadoes

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This ones pretty simple, just one chord progression and then a riff.
Intro:  Dmaj   Amaj   Gmaj  Dmaj  
Verse 1:
DmajThe clouds started forming at Amajfive o'clock pm
GmajThe funnel clouds touched down
five miles Dmajnorth of Russellville
DmajSirens were blowing, cAmajlouds spat rain
Gmajand as the things came threw, Dmajit sounded like a train
Verse 2:
"It came without no warning" said Bobbi Jo McLean
She and husband Nolen always loved to watch the rain
It sucked him out the window, he ain't come home again
All she can remember is "It sounded like a train"
Bridge: (no chord, play riff 4x before lyrics, but mix it up some)
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------5---------|
4-7-4---7-4-5/7-|
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I've put an X at about where you should start the riff
                                  X                             X
Pieces of that truck stop, litter up the highway, I been told
                                X                     Dmaj  
And I hear that missing trucker ended up in Kansas
Amaj(or maybe it was Oz).Gmaj  Dmaj  
DmajVerse Amaj3:Gmaj  Dmaj  
The Nightmare Tour ended for my band and me
the night all the shit went down
A homecoming concert, the night the tornadoes hit my hometown.
The few who braved the weather got sucked out the auditorium
I can still remember the sound of their applause in the rain
as it echoed through them storm clouds, I swear, It sounded like a train.

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Tornadoes

by Drive-By Truckers

Lyrics & chords · Original key

Chords in this song · guitar

Dmaj

Amaj

Gmaj

This ones pretty simple, just one chord progression and then a riff.

Dmaj Amaj Gmaj Dmaj

Intro:

Verse 1:

Dmaj Amaj

The clouds started forming at five o'clock pm

Gmaj

The funnel clouds touched down

Dmaj

five miles north of Russellville

Dmaj Amaj

Sirens were blowing, clouds spat rain

Gmaj Dmaj

and as the things came threw, it sounded like a train

Verse 2:

"It came without no warning" said Bobbi Jo McLean

She and husband Nolen always loved to watch the rain

It sucked him out the window, he ain't come home again

All she can remember is "It sounded like a train"

Bridge: (no chord, play riff 4x before lyrics, but mix it up some)

----------------|

------5---------|

4-7-4---7-4-5/7-|

----------------|

I've put an X at about where you should start the riff

X X

Pieces of that truck stop, litter up the highway, I been told

Dmaj

And I hear that missing trucker ended up in Kansas

Amaj Gmaj Dmaj

(or maybe it was Oz).

Dmaj Amaj Gmaj Dmaj

Verse 3:

The Nightmare Tour ended for my band and me

the night all the shit went down

A homecoming concert, the night the tornadoes hit my hometown.

The few who braved the weather got sucked out the auditorium

I can still remember the sound of their applause in the rain

as it echoed through them storm clouds, I swear, It sounded like a train.

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