Biography:
Greg Brown is a folk musician from Iowa, USA. His "Iowa Waltz" has been (unsuccessfully) proposed to replace the state song of Iowa.
During the 1980s, his reputation was established through frequent touring and recurring performances on A Prairie Home Companion. Subsequently, his work has been nominated for Grammy awards. He also founded his own record label and named it Red House Records after a home he lived in in Iowa. Red House Records is an independent record label specializing in folk music, based in St.
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The Train Carrying Jimmie Rodgers Home
by Greg Brown from: If I had known Essential recordings 1980-1996
[Verse 1]
G G7 C G
Come along my dear the time is growing near
Em A7 D D7
I want you to walk down to where the field is over grown
G G7 C G
Consumption's claimed his life and we dare not miss the sight
Em D D7 G
Of the train carrying Jimmie Rodgers home
[Verse 2]
G G7 C G
We've had some hard times these last few years
Em A7 D D7
Lost our farm - almost lost our spirits, too
G G7 C G
But it's the strangest thing when we hear that brakeman sing
Em D D7 G
we knew that some how we'd made it through.
[Chorus]
C
I can hear that whistle blow
G
That old train is rollin' slow
Em A7 D D7
Sounds like its crying for the singing brakeman too
G G7 C G
Down to the sunny south he'll go and he'll never roam no more
Em D D7 G
Here comes the train oh hold me close oh sweetheart, do
[Verse 3]
G G7 C G
Come my little son and let me hold you up
Em A7 D D7
I want you to remember this day when you are grown
G G7 C G
How your mama and your dad were so proud and so sad
Em D D7 G
Watching the train carrying Jimmie Rodgers home
Em D D7 G
There goes the train carrying Jimmie Rodgers home
[Outro]
C G D D7 G
(Yodel away here...)
by Greg Brown from: If I had known Essential recordings 1980-1996
[Verse 1]
G G7 C G
Come along my dear the time is growing near
Em A7 D D7
I want you to walk down to where the field is over grown
G G7 C G
Consumption's claimed his life and we dare not miss the sight
Em D D7 G
Of the train carrying Jimmie Rodgers home
[Verse 2]
G G7 C G
We've had some hard times these last few years
Em A7 D D7
Lost our farm - almost lost our spirits, too
G G7 C G
But it's the strangest thing when we hear that brakeman sing
Em D D7 G
we knew that some how we'd made it through.
[Chorus]
C
I can hear that whistle blow
G
That old train is rollin' slow
Em A7 D D7
Sounds like its crying for the singing brakeman too
G G7 C G
Down to the sunny south he'll go and he'll never roam no more
Em D D7 G
Here comes the train oh hold me close oh sweetheart, do
[Verse 3]
G G7 C G
Come my little son and let me hold you up
Em A7 D D7
I want you to remember this day when you are grown
G G7 C G
How your mama and your dad were so proud and so sad
Em D D7 G
Watching the train carrying Jimmie Rodgers home
Em D D7 G
There goes the train carrying Jimmie Rodgers home
[Outro]
C G D D7 G
(Yodel away here...)
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