Robert Earl Keen - Lynville Train guitar chord

Lynnville Train

by Robert Earl Keen

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The (D) lonesome oak tree held its fire into No (A) vember

He (G) watched the last brown leaf

Hit the ground and blow a (A) way

An (D) evening gunshot lets him know the hunt is (A) over

A (G) familiar cold moves (D) in

Some (G) where between snow and (A) rain

Just last spring you know his heart was burning

Before his Lynnville love hit the road to chase her dream

Now he thinks of her each night and in the morning

He laces his coffee cup with whiskey instead of cream

CHORUS 1

(G) Her story is she's changed her mind

She (D) just can't help herself

She wrote (Em) please don't meet me at the (G) Lynnville train

Cause I'm coming in with (A) someone else

He's a (G) quiet man, the neighbors say

But his (D) pain won't go a (Bm) way

So for (G) better or worse he's (D) going down

(A) To meet the Lynnville (D) train

He blew a tire on the road to the station

He jacked it up and thought out loud,

"She never should have let me down."

Just six months ago she vowed she was leaving

Now she's coming home with a stranger

To settle down in Lynnville town

REPEAT CHORUS 1

Steel wheels scream, the whistle blows,

His heart is breaking

She steps onto the platform, her new love by her side

He reaches in his coat, his had is shaking

The time has finally come, this really is goodbye

CHORUS 2

His story is he's changed his mind,

He just can't help himself

So he's getting on board the Lynnville train

And moving on to someplace else

As the train pulls out he watches them both

Standing in the pouring rain

He's headed for a new life down the line

On the Lynnville Train

Repeat last 2 lines