Silver Ghost Chords & Lyrics - Misc Unsigned Bands - Wildwood Valley Boys

[INTRO]
[Dm] [Dm] [F] [Dm] [C] [Dm]

[VERSE 1]
On one [Dm]cold and rainy night I was [F]sitting in the light
Of my [Dm]switchman's shack on [C]my post on the [Dm]mountain
The [Dm]storm was pretty bad and the [F]telegraph was dead
But it was [Dm]just eleven [C]hours 'til the [Dm]dawn.

Then [F]much to my surprise the tele[C]graph jumped into life
As I [Bb]read the code I thought could this be t[Dm]rue
A [Dm]train was on it's way headed [F]up the mountain grade
But she [Dm]didn't have no [C]engineer or [Dm]crew.

[VERSE 2]
At the [Dm]other switch they tried to put her [F]on the mountainside
But she [Dm]kept on coming [C]up the mountain [Dm]grade
I [Dm]quickly doused the light to try to [F]see into the night
Maybe [Dm]I could spot her [C]headlight in the [Dm]rain.
She was [F]pounding down below I could [C]hear her whistle blow
And I [Bb]thought lord thats a high and mournful [Dm]sound
Then the [Dm]telegraph began "There's a [F]cave-in at the mine
And a [Dm]hundred men are [C]buried ‘neath the [Dm]ground”

[INTERLUDE]
[Dm] [F] [Dm] [C] [Dm] x2

[VERSE 3]
But Lord she's [Dm]coming now I see around the [F]bend and straight at me
And her [Dm]boiler's glowing [C]red as coal in [Dm]hell
The [Dm]headlight switch is wide searching [F]all the mountainside
But the [Dm]only sound she's [C]making is the [Dm]wail

Then I [F]recognize the train by the [C]number and the name
It's the [Bb]Miner's Silver Ghost Old 4[Dm]1
Then she [Dm]vanished up the track by the [F]lonely switchman's shack
Like a [Dm]mother who is [C]looking for her [Dm]son

[VERSE 4]
Now I [Dm]heard a story of how an [F]engine went to glory
Over [Dm]fifty years [C]ago on this [Dm]same line
it was [Dm]steamin’ for a cave-in there were [F]men that needed saving
But it [Dm]missed the curve and [C]trestle near the [Dm]mine.

And [F]every now and then you'll hear her [C]whistle on the wind
If the [Bb]mountain slides and many men are [Dm]lost
It's the [Dm]high and lonely wailing searching [F]up and down the mountain
The [Dm]train they call the [C]Miner's Silver [Dm]Ghost

[OUTRO]
The [Dm]train they call the [C]Miner's Silver [Dm]Ghost
The [Dm]train they call the [C]Miner's Silver [Dm]Ghost