The Texas Silver Zephyr Chords

Lyrics & chords

[Verse 1]
[G]She[D] wa[G]s a[C] yo[G]ung and
pretty Coleman county [D]farm girl
Never [C]been more than [D]fifty miles [G]from home
I was just a drifter,
I was [D]living off the land
[C]Spent the summer [D]on her daddy's [G]farm

[Verse 2]
In the [G]evening we'd walk
along the rail[D]road
We'd [C]hear that lonesome
[Dsus4]whistle in t[G]he night
And she'd pretend we rode
the rails to [D]Denver
'Cause her [C]head was full of
[Dsus4]flash in' neon lig[G]hts

[Verse 3]
Twas that [C]big old shiny diesel as
[G]it rounded Carter's bend
Was [C]enough to make a young
[D]girl want to [G]roam
She'd pre[C]tend she rode [D]those shiny
rails [G]all around the world
[Em]And had the [G]Texas Silver
[D]Zephyr bring her [G]home

[Verse 4]
As [G]summer work was over
and [D]restless got to me
I kept [C]talkin' 'bout [D]the places
I would [G]go
Then her young head got to spinnin'
for the thing[D]s she'd never seen
So she fol[C]lowed me
to Den[D]ver in the [G]fall

[Verse 5]
Then [G]jobs got scarce in central Color[D]ado
And [C]then the winter night
[D]s got awful c[G]old
Just one old army blanket
was [D]the only one we had
No [C]money for the [D]oil to run [G]the stove

[Verse 6]
Yes, that [C]big old shiny diesel as
[G]it rounded Carter's bend
Was [C]enough to make a young
[D]girl want to [G]roam
But [C]through all those hungry [D]night
s the only [G]promise that I made
[Em]I had the [G]Texas Silver
[D]Zephyr take her [G]home[Ab][Db]
[Ab]When she started

[Verse 7]
feelin' bad,
she didn't tell [Eb]me
She had [Db]a way of keepin'
[Eb]problems all her [Ab]own
So I didn't know her troubles
with [Eb]the baby
Before [Db]I could get a docto[Eb]r,
she was [Ab]gone

[Verse 8]
Lord, I [Db]know it's not the way she
really [Ab]wanted things to be
In her [Db]dreams she had
[Eb]a pull man all her [Ab]own
But she'd [Db]be proud of me to know
[Eb]I kept my pr[Ab]omise
[Fm]And had the [Ab]Texas Silver
[Eb]Zephyr take her [Ab]home
And had the Texas Silver
[Eb]Zephyr take her [Ab]home

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