Silverton Train chords
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Silverton Train
C.W. McCall
(B) not sure if they play it in the chorus or not I can't really tell
Capo at the first fret
E
She was born one mornin' on a San Juan summer
Back in eighteen and eighty and one
She was a beautiful daughter of the D and R G
A
And she weighed about a thousand ton
E
Well, it's a-forty-five mile through the Animas canyon
So they set her on the narra gauge
She drank a whole lot a' water
And she ate a lot of coal A
And they called her the Silverton (Silverton train)
(Chorus)
E A (B)
Here comes the Silverton, up from Durango
E A B
Here comes the Silverton, a-shovelin' coal
E A (B)
Here comes the Silverton, up from the canyon
B A B A E
See the smoke and hear the whistle blow
E
E
Well, now listen to the whistle in the Rock Wood cut
On the high line to Silverton town
And you're gonna get a shiver
When you check out the river A
Which is four hundred feet straight down
E
Take on some water at the Needleton tank
And then a-struggle up a two-five grade
And by the time you get your hide
Past the Snowshed slide A
You've had a ride on the Silverton (Silverton train)
Repeat Chorus
E A E A B A B A
Repaet Chorus
E
Now, down by the station, early in the mornin'
There's a whole lot a' people in line
And they all got a ticket
On The Train To Yesterday A
And it's a-gonna leave on time
E
Well, it's a forty-five mile up the Animas canyon
So they run her on the narra gauge
She takes a whole lot a' water
And she needs a lot of coal A
And they call her the Silverton (Silverton train)
Repeat Chorus
(Fade out) Same chords as chorus
Here comes the Silverton, up from Durango
Here comes the Silverton, a-shovelin' coal
Here comes the Silverton, up from the canyon
See the smoke and hear the whistle blow
Here comes the Silverton, up from Durango
Here comes the Silverton, a-shovelin' coal
Here comes the Silverton, up from the canyon
See the smoke and hear the whistle blow