/G /A /B C G
※ Daddy what's a train? Is it something I can ride?
C D7 G7
Does it carry lots of grown-up folks and little kids inside?
C F
Is it bigger than our house? Well how can I explain
C G7 C
When my little boy and girl ask me "Daddy what's a train?"
C F
When I was just a boy and living by the track
C D7 G7
Us kids would gather up the coal in big 'ole gunnysacks
C F
Then we heard the warning sound as the train pulled into view
C G7 C
The engineer would smile and wave as she went rolling through
F C
She blew so loud and clear, we had to cover up our ears
D7 G G7 GaddE G
And we counted cars just as high as we could go
C F
I can almost hear the steam those big old drivers scream
C G7 C /G /A /B
A sound my little kids will never know
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C F
I guess the times have changed, kids are different now
C D7 G7
'Cause some don't even seem to know the milk comes from a cow
C F
My little boy can tell the names of all the baseball stars
C G7 C
I remember how I memorized the names on railroad cars
F C
The Wabash and the TP, Lackawanna, the IC
D7 G G7 GaddE G
The Nickel-Plate and the good old Santa Fe
C F
Just names out of the past, I guess they're fading fast
C G7 C /G /A /B
Every time I hear my little boy say
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C F
We climbed into the car, drove down into town
C D7 G7
Right out the depot house, but no one was around
C F
We searched the yard togheter for something I could show
C G7 C
But I know there hadn't been a train for a dozen years or so
F C
All the things I did when I was just a kid
D7 G G7 GaddE G
How far away those memories appear
C F F/C F
I guess it's plain to see they still mean a lot to me
C G7 C
'Cause my ambition was to be an engineer
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"DADDY,WHAT'S A TRAIN?"
