Biografía:
Procedentes de Memphis, Tennessee, los Box Tops estaban originalmente formados por Alex Chilton (voz solista y guitarra), Bill Cunningham (bajo, teclados y coros), John Evans (guitarra, teclados y coros), Danny Smythe (batería) y Gary Talley (guitarra y coros).
En agosto de 1967 (en pleno “verano del amor”) editan su primer single “The Letter”, el cual alcanza el nº 1 en las listas de USA donde permanecerá durante 4 semanas y del cual se llegan a vender más de 4 millones de copias .
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¡Cuatro años de duro trabajo!Este mes de mayo cumplimos cuatro años al aire. Seguimos trabajando en la difusión de este maravilloso instrumento, ¡gracias por participar en nuestra historia!
Choo Choo Train:The Box Tops.
#17 USA, #18 Canada and #96 in Australia in 1968.
#1.
F
I got a present for brother..choo choo train.
Bb
And I'm just dyin' to see my dear old mother..
choo choo train.
C
So, don't slow down til you see my home town.
CHORUS:
F D D7
Choo choo train..choo choo train.
G C
I know you're not a jet aeroplane.
F
But you see my baby's waitin' at the station.
Bb
So, give me just a little more acceleration..
choo, choo, choo, choo, choo, choo, choo,
F
choo, choo train, yeah.
#2.
F
I got me a one-way ticket home..choo choo train.
Bb
All my wild oats, choo choo, done been sown.
choo choo train.
C
So, don't slow down til you see my home town.
CHORUS:
F D D7
Choo choo train..choo choo train.
G C
I know you're not a jet aeroplane.
F
But you see my baby's waitin' at the station.
Bb
So, give me just a little more acceleration..
choo, choo, choo, choo, choo, choo, choo,
F
choo, choo train, yeah.
#3.
F D D7
Choo choo train, choo choo train..
G C
can't you see the poor boy's, goin' insane?..
F D
Choo choo train..choo choo train..
G C
I gotta see my baby once more, again..
OUTRO:
F D D7
Choo choo train..choo choo train..(Fade.)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
#17 USA, #18 Canada and #96 in Australia in 1968.
#1.
F
I got a present for brother..choo choo train.
Bb
And I'm just dyin' to see my dear old mother..
choo choo train.
C
So, don't slow down til you see my home town.
CHORUS:
F D D7
Choo choo train..choo choo train.
G C
I know you're not a jet aeroplane.
F
But you see my baby's waitin' at the station.
Bb
So, give me just a little more acceleration..
choo, choo, choo, choo, choo, choo, choo,
F
choo, choo train, yeah.
#2.
F
I got me a one-way ticket home..choo choo train.
Bb
All my wild oats, choo choo, done been sown.
choo choo train.
C
So, don't slow down til you see my home town.
CHORUS:
F D D7
Choo choo train..choo choo train.
G C
I know you're not a jet aeroplane.
F
But you see my baby's waitin' at the station.
Bb
So, give me just a little more acceleration..
choo, choo, choo, choo, choo, choo, choo,
F
choo, choo train, yeah.
#3.
F D D7
Choo choo train, choo choo train..
G C
can't you see the poor boy's, goin' insane?..
F D
Choo choo train..choo choo train..
G C
I gotta see my baby once more, again..
OUTRO:
F D D7
Choo choo train..choo choo train..(Fade.)
A sixties smash from Kraziekhat.
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The Broken Famil (...)
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