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Nursery Rhyme - The Runaway Train Chords

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The Runaway Train Chords

(ver. 1)
Nursery Rhyme
G   D   G   C   G   D   G   D   G  then -  E  A   E  A

'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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