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Use a Capo on the 4th fret to play along to the album recording:
Verse 1:
G Em
There's a tiny village with its landscape painted green
C G D
A firehouse, a general store, all the streets are clean
G Em
The people in the village love to hear that whistle sound
C D G
And they all wave at Jackie when the engine comes around.
Chorus:
G Em
They say roll train roll
C
The steel and all its rhythm
G D
are sweet music to his soul.
C
You'll be riding safe tonight
Em
Come hell or freezing rain
C
The red caps got your baggage
D - G
All Aboard!! Jackies Train
Verse 2:
G
A cow strays from the meadow
Em
She's stranded on the track
C
Jackie's fingers lift her up
G D
Then gently put her back
G
the train chugs on down the line
Em
Through the kitchen and the den
C
Disappearing under Jackies bed
D G
And back to town again.
Chorus
Em C
Jackie never stops the train when he's home all alone
Em C D
He keeps her rolling round and round till mama, comes home
Break: G Em C G-D
G Em C D-G
G Em C
Jackie can't go out to play, the village needs him there
G D
Every little detail of the train gets all his care
G Em
Gotta keep it rolling, gotta stay on time
C
When he dies they'll honor him
D G
For miles on down the line.
Chorus