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