The Runaway Train

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Not too sure I've got the intro verse spot on so any corrections welcome.
Intro = chords as per verse
G D G C G D G D G E A E A
then -
'Intro verse'
E A G F#
T’was in the year of ’89 on that old Great Western line
E A E
When the winter wind was blowin’ shrill
A G F#
The rails were froze the wheels were cold then the air brakes wouldn’t hold
E A B
And Number 9 came roaring down the hill oh
G
The runaway train came down the track and she blew
D
The runaway train came down the track and she blew
G C G D
The runaway train came down the track her whistle wide and her throttle back
G D G
And she blew blew blew blew blew
G
The engineer said the train must halt and she blew
D
The engineer said the train must halt and she blew
G C G D
The engineer said the train must halt he said it was all the fireman’s fault
G D G
And she blew blew blew blew blew
G
The fireman said he rang the bell and she blew
D
The fireman said he rang the bell and she blew
G C G D
The fireman said he rang the bell the engineer said you did like hell
G D G
And she blew blew blew blew blew
G
The porter got an awful fright and she blew
D
The porter got an awful fright and she blew
G C G D
The porter got an awful fright he got so scared he near turned white
G D G
And she blew blew blew blew blew
G
The conductor said there’d be a wreck and she blew
D
The conductor said there’d be a wreck and she blew
G C G D
The conductor said there’d be a wreck and he felt the chills run up his neck
G D G
And she blew blew blew blew blew
G
The runaway train went over the hill and she blew
D
The runaway train went over the hill and she blew
G C G D
The runaway train went over the hill and the last we heard she was going still
G D G
And she blew blew blew blew blew

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Not too sure I've got the intro verse spot on so any corrections welcome.
Intro = chords as per verse
G   D   G   C   G   D   G   D   G  then -  E  A   E  A
'Intro verse'

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