[CHORUS]
[D]Daddy, what's a train? Is it [G]something I can ride?
Does it [D]carry lots of grown-up folks and [E7]little kids in[A7]side?
Is it [D]bigger than our [D7]house? Well [G]how can I explain
When my [D]little boy asks me, [A7]Daddy whats a [D]train?
[VERSE 1]
When [D]I was just a boy [G]living by the track
Us [D]kids'd gather up the coal in a [E7]big ol' big gunny [A7]sack,
And then we'd [D]hear the warning [D7]sound as the [G]train pulled into view
And the [D]engineer would smile and wave as [A7]she went rolling [D]through; [D7]
[BRIDGE 1]
(spoken)
She [G]blew so loud and clear that we had to [D]cover up our ears
And we [E7]counted cars as high as we could [A]go.
I can [D]almost hear the [D7]steam and the [G]big old drivers scream
With a [A]sound my little [A7]boy will never [D]know.
[CHORUS]
[D]Daddy, what's a train? Is it [G]something I can ride?
Does it [D]carry lots of grown-up folks and [E7]little kids in[A7]side?
Is it [D]bigger than our [D7]house? Well [G]how can I explain
When my [D]little boy asks me, [A7]Daddy whats a [D]train?
[VERSE 2]
I [D]guess the times have changed and [G]kids are different now;
'Cause [D]some don't even seem to know that [E7]milk comes from a [A7]cow.
My [D]little boy can [D7]tell the names of [G]all the baseball stars
And I [D]remember how we memorized the [A7]names on railroad [D]cars:
[BRIDGE 2]
(spoken)
The [G]Wabash and TP, Lacka[D]wanna and the IC
[E7]Nickel Plate and the good old Santa [A]Fe;
[D]Just names out of the [D7]past I [G]guess they're fading fast
[A]Every time I [A7]hear my little boy say,
[CHORUS]
[D]Daddy, what's a train? Is it [G]something I can ride?
Does it [D]carry lots of grown-up folks and [E7]little kids in[A7]side?
Is it [D]bigger than our [D7]house? Well [G]how can I explain
When my [D]little boy asks me, [A7]Daddy whats a [D]train?
[VERSE 3]
We [D]climbed into the car and [G]drove down into town
[D]Right up to the depot house but [E7]no one was a[A7]round.
We [D]searched the yard to[D7]gether for [G]something I could show
But I [D]knew there hadn't been a train for a [A7]dozen years or [D]so. [D7]
[BRIDGE 3]
(spoken)
[G]All the things I did when [D]I was just a kid
How [E7]far away those old memories a[A]ppear,
I [D]guess it's plain to [D7]see they still [G]mean a lot to me
'Cause my am[D]bition was to [A7]be an engi[D]neer.
[CHORUS]
[D]Daddy, what's a train? Is it [G]something I can ride?
Does it [D]carry lots of grown-up folks and [E7]little kids in[A7]side?
Is it [D]bigger than our [D7]house? Well [G]how can I explain
When my [D]little boy asks me, [A7]Daddy whats a [D]train?
[D]Daddy, what's a train? Is it [G]something I can ride?
Does it [D]carry lots of grown-up folks and [E7]little kids in[A7]side?
Is it [D]bigger than our [D7]house? Well [G]how can I explain
When my [D]little boy asks me, [A7]Daddy whats a [D]train?
[VERSE 1]
When [D]I was just a boy [G]living by the track
Us [D]kids'd gather up the coal in a [E7]big ol' big gunny [A7]sack,
And then we'd [D]hear the warning [D7]sound as the [G]train pulled into view
And the [D]engineer would smile and wave as [A7]she went rolling [D]through; [D7]
[BRIDGE 1]
(spoken)
She [G]blew so loud and clear that we had to [D]cover up our ears
And we [E7]counted cars as high as we could [A]go.
I can [D]almost hear the [D7]steam and the [G]big old drivers scream
With a [A]sound my little [A7]boy will never [D]know.
[CHORUS]
[D]Daddy, what's a train? Is it [G]something I can ride?
Does it [D]carry lots of grown-up folks and [E7]little kids in[A7]side?
Is it [D]bigger than our [D7]house? Well [G]how can I explain
When my [D]little boy asks me, [A7]Daddy whats a [D]train?
[VERSE 2]
I [D]guess the times have changed and [G]kids are different now;
'Cause [D]some don't even seem to know that [E7]milk comes from a [A7]cow.
My [D]little boy can [D7]tell the names of [G]all the baseball stars
And I [D]remember how we memorized the [A7]names on railroad [D]cars:
[BRIDGE 2]
(spoken)
The [G]Wabash and TP, Lacka[D]wanna and the IC
[E7]Nickel Plate and the good old Santa [A]Fe;
[D]Just names out of the [D7]past I [G]guess they're fading fast
[A]Every time I [A7]hear my little boy say,
[CHORUS]
[D]Daddy, what's a train? Is it [G]something I can ride?
Does it [D]carry lots of grown-up folks and [E7]little kids in[A7]side?
Is it [D]bigger than our [D7]house? Well [G]how can I explain
When my [D]little boy asks me, [A7]Daddy whats a [D]train?
[VERSE 3]
We [D]climbed into the car and [G]drove down into town
[D]Right up to the depot house but [E7]no one was a[A7]round.
We [D]searched the yard to[D7]gether for [G]something I could show
But I [D]knew there hadn't been a train for a [A7]dozen years or [D]so. [D7]
[BRIDGE 3]
(spoken)
[G]All the things I did when [D]I was just a kid
How [E7]far away those old memories a[A]ppear,
I [D]guess it's plain to [D7]see they still [G]mean a lot to me
'Cause my am[D]bition was to [A7]be an engi[D]neer.
[CHORUS]
[D]Daddy, what's a train? Is it [G]something I can ride?
Does it [D]carry lots of grown-up folks and [E7]little kids in[A7]side?
Is it [D]bigger than our [D7]house? Well [G]how can I explain
When my [D]little boy asks me, [A7]Daddy whats a [D]train?
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