The Runaway Train Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Intro 1]
[D][G][D]
[G][D][G][D][G][D][G]
[Em][Baug][Em][Baug]

[Verse 1]
'Twas [Em]in
[Baug]the year of [B]'89, on [Em]that old Chica[Baug]go line,
[Em]When the winter wind [Baug]was blowing shr[Em]ill,
The rails were froze,
the [Baug]wheels were [Em]cold,
And then the air brakes wouldn't hold,
And [F#]number nine came
roaring down the [Ebdim]hill.
[D]Oh, the run[G]away train came

[Verse 2]
down
the track and she blew,
The runaway train came down
the track and she [D]blew,
The [G]runaway train came [D]down the track,
The [G]whistle [D]wide and the throttle back
And she [G]blew[D][G]
Oh, the engineer [Em]said the [G]train must halt and she blew,

[Verse 3]
[G]
The engineer said the train
must halt and she [D]blew,
The [G]engineer said the [D]train must halt,
He said it was all the fireman's fault
And [G]she blewew [D]blew,
[G]blew, blew

[Interlude 1]
[G][D][G]
[D][G][D][G][D][G]

[Verse 4]
Oh, the fireman said he rang the bell and [G]she blew,
The fireman said he rang
the [D]bell and she blew,
The [G]fireman [D]said he rang the bell,
[G]The engineer [D]said ya did like - - - - -
And she [G]blew[D][G]
Oh, the porter got an awful
fright and she blew,
The porter [D]got [G]an awful
fright and she [D]blew,
The [G]porter [D]got an awful fright,
He [G]got so scared that [D]he turned white,
And she [G]blew[D][G]
[D][G][D][G][D]
[G][D][G]
Oh, a drummer sat in the parlour
car and she blew,
A drummer sat in the parlour
car and she [D]blew,
A [G]drummer sat in the [D]parlour car,
And he [G]nearly [D]swallered a fat cigar,
And she [G]blewew [D]blew, [G]blew, blew,
[D][G][D][G][D][G][D]
[G]

[Verse 5]
Oh, the runaway train went over
the hill and she blew,
The runaway train went over
the hill and she [D]blew,
The [G]runaway train went [D]over the hill,
And the [G]last we heard, she
[D]was goin' still
And she [G]blewew [D]blew, [G]blew, blew...