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Daddy What's A Train by John Denver
Daddy What's A Train
Tuning:E A D G B E
Key:E
Capo:2nd fret
[Intro]
D
[Chorus]
D G
Daddy what's a train? Is it something I can ride?
D Em A
Does it carry lots of grown-up folks and little kids inside?
D G
Is it bigger than our house? Well, how can I explain
D Em A D
When my little boy and girl ask me "Daddy what's a train?"
[Verse 1]
D G
When I was just a boy and living by the track
D Em A
Us kids would gather up the coal in big old gunnysacks
D G
Then we heard the warning sound as the train pulled into view
D Em A D
The engineer would smile and wave as she went rolling through
[Verse 2]
D G
She blew so loud and clear, we had to cover up our ears
D Em A
And we counted cars just as high as we could go
D G
I can almost hear the steam, those big old drivers scream
D Em A D
A sound my little kids will never know
[Chorus]
D G
Daddy what's a train? Is it something I can ride?
D Em A
Does it carry lots of grown-up folks and little kids inside?
D G
Is it bigger than our house? Well, how can I explain
D Em A D
When my little boy and girl ask me "Daddy what's a train?"
[Verse 3]
D G
I guess the times have changed, kids are different now
D Em A
Cause some don't even seem to know that milk comes from a cow
D G
My little boy can tell the names of all the baseball stars
D Em A D
I remember how we memorized the names on railroad cars
[Verse 4]
D G
The Wabash and the TP, Lackawanna, the IC
Em A
The Nickel Plate and the good old Santa Fe
D G
Just names out of the past, I guess they're fading fast
D Em A D
Every time I hear my little boy say
[Chorus]
D G
Daddy what's a train? Is it something I can ride?
D Em A
Does it carry lots of grown-up folks and little kids inside?
D G
Is it bigger than our house? Well, how can I explain
D Em A D
When my little boy and girl ask me "Daddy what's a train?"
[Verse 5]
D G
We climbed into the car, drove down into town
D Em A
Right up to the depot house, but no one was around
D G
We searched the yard together for something I could show
D Em A D
But I knew there hadn't been a train for a dozen years or so
[Verse 6]
D G
All the things I did when I was just a kid
D Em A
How far away those memories appear
D G
I guess it's plain to see they still mean a lot to me
D Em A D
Because my ambition was to be an engineer
[Chorus]
D G
Daddy what's a train? Is it something I can ride?
D Em A
Does it carry lots of grown-up folks and little kids inside?
D G
Is it bigger than our house? Well, how can I explain
D Em A D
When my little boy and girl ask me "Daddy what's a train?"
[Outro]
D G D
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