BR-549 - No Train To Memphis guitar chord

No Train To Memphis

By BR549

Written By Chuck Mead/S. Wilson/B. Colladay

CD: Tangled In The Pines – 2004

Tabbed By Larry Mofle

1/2/2005

G

Well lightning struck at midnight with the thunder and the rain

G

My sleep was interrupted by the rhythm of a train

G

I asked of the conductor where this ‘ol train was bound

G

He punched my ticket then he whispered “Memphis town”

G

But there ain’t no train to Memphis anymore

G D

You’ve got to take the highway when you go

G C

Them rusty tracks from Nashville lay beside that stretch of road

G D G

But there ain’t no train from Memphis anymore

Solo

Well I pinched myself and crossed my heart to see if it was real

Or was I just imagining the grinding of the wheels

I swore I heard that whistle and the clickity clack

As I rode that phantom streamline on a west bound track

Chorus

Well we cruised into the delta like we woke up from a dream

I felt a bit confused cause I was blinded by the steam

I said “I come from Nashville and I just got off the train”

And that driver looked at me as if he thought I was insane

Chorus