This Train Keeps Rolling Along
Written by Vincent Edward Melamed, Jimmy Ibbotson & Jim Photoglo
Recorded by Nitty Gritty Dirt Band
[Intro]
G Em G Em
G D C G
"All aboard in Montreal" I heard the con- ductor call
D C
That old engine heaved a sigh
G D C G
Suitcases and shufflin' feet, found my way to a window seat
D C
I love to watch the world go by
G D C G
Made friends with a family bound for Sault St. Marie
D C
They said good-bye at Sudbury Junction
G D C G
I guess I hated to see 'em go, thought about 'em as it started to snow
D C
Time stops for nothin' or no one
G Bm C G Bm C
This train keeps rollin' along from here to the great beyond
G Bm Em Am
Black smoke and pistons churn, steel rails and big wheels turn
Bm C D G D C
This train keeps rollin' along
G D C G
'Cross the endless prairie land, mighty baffalo used to stand
D C
The cree and the blackfoot lived and died
G D G
Are the Rockies nestled in the trees, C I fell in love with Lake Louise
D C
Smilin' with her sparklin' emerald eyes
G Bm C G Bm C
This train keeps rollin' along from here to the great beyond
G Bm Em Am
Black smoke and pistons churn, steel rails and big wheels turn
Bm C D G
This train keeps rollin' along
Bb F
Soon we'll reach the sea and there I'll stand
Bb D
With nothing but the blue between me and Japan
G D C G
Now I'm at the end of the line out of track and out of time
D C
Contuctor makes his final round
G D C G
But all the people and places past, they went by just a little too fast
D C
How I wish I could've slowed this engine down
G Bm C G Bm C
This train keeps rollin' along from here to the great beyond
G Bm Em Am
Black smoke and pistons churn, steel rails and big wheels turn
Bm C D G D
This train keeps rollin' along
Am Bm C D G D
This train keeps rollin' along
Am Bm C D G D
This train keeps rollin' along
Am Bm C D G D
It keeps on rollin'
Am Bm C D G D
rollin' along
Am Bm C D G D Am Bm C D G
It keeps on roll- in'