Bloodline
Glen Campbell
written by Stephen Geyer
1976 album Bloodline which followed Rhinestone Cowboy
Intro F C D
Verse 1
G
In the eyes of the old ones
C D
Who watched from a distance
G G7 C D
It was devilish magic at best
G G7
But the hearts of the children
C D
Were filled with excitement
C D G
As they dreamed of their home in the West
Verse 2
C G
Oh the engine would fire the black smoke would rise
G7 D
Thru the spray of the slick silver steam
C G
It was something of wonder that steel plated thunder
D G Bm
That moved the American dream
D C A
That moved the American dream
A D A D
Verse 3
A
I can hear the sleepy whistle blowin'
D
I can see the sparks beneath the wheels
A
As she leaves the hills behind her
D
For the ragged cotton fields
A B7
In a dusty one-horse station
D A
All the children grow impatient
B7 D
And they stare into the distance for a sign
Chorus 1
N/C E D G A
Here she comes can't you hear the whistle whine
E G D A
Here she comes she's rollin' in right on time
E D A Bm
Well I can feel her she's runnin' in my Blood Line
D A
she's Running' in my bloodline
Banjo riff in A
Verse 4
A
Overman Grady waves his lantern
D
"All on board" I hear him cry
A
While Lucius stokes the cinder Lord
D
and wipes the coal dirt from his eyes
A B7
Yes she was proud and full of fire
D A
As she rode that silver wire
B7 D
From the Kansas Plains to the great Sierra Pine
Chorus 2
N/C E G D A
Here she comes can't you hear the whistle whine
E G D A
Here she comes she's rollin' in right on time
E D A Bm
I can feel her she's runnin' in my blood line
D A
yeah running in my bloodline
Riff A D B7 D A D Bm A G
Yeah
Verse 5
G G7
Now the stockyards are empty
C D
The steel rails are rusted
G C D
They belong to the wind and the sand
G
But we long will remember
C D
the steel and the timber
C G
And the pulse that once beat thru this land
Outro
C G
Oh the engine would fire the black smoke would rise
G7 D
Thru the spray of the slick silver steam
C G
It was something of wonder that steel plated thunder
D G Bm Bm7
That moved the American dream
D C G C
moved the American dream
G C
The American dream
G C Bm Bm7 G
D r e a m
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God Bless Glen Travis Campbell