Lynnville Train Robert Earl Keen Cover

	  		
verse 1 

   G                                     D 
The lonesome oak tree held its fire into November 
   Am                      
He watched the last brown leaf 
   C                      D 
Hit the ground and blow a way 
    G                                          D 
An evening gunshot lets him know the hunt is over 
 Am                       
A familiar cold moves in 
                  C           D 
Some where between snow and rain 
       G                               D  
Just last spring you know his heart was burning 
 Am                                       C          D 
Before his Lynnville love hit the road to chase her dream 
  G                                            D 
Now he thinks of her each night and in the morning 
 Am                                   C           D 
He laces his coffee cup with whiskey instead of cream 




 C 
Her story is she's changed her mind 
      G    
She just can't help herself 
           Am                           
She wrote please don't meet me at the Lynnville train 
          C                        D 
Cause I'm coming in with someone else 
 C 
He's a quiet man, the neighbors say 
         G       G/F       Em 
But his pain won't go a way 
    C                           G 
So for better or worse he's going down 
  D                     G 
To meet the Lynnville train 


verse 2 

  G                                    D 
He blew a tire on the road down to the station 
  Am 
He jacked it up and thought out loud,  
     C                        D 
"She never should have let me down." 
  G                                   D 
Just six months ago she vowed she was leaving 
          Am 
Now she's coming home with a stranger 
    C                       D 
To settle down in Lynnville town 



 C 
Her story is she's changed her mind 
      G    
She just can't help herself 
           Am                           
She wrote please don't meet me at the Lynnville train 
          C                        D 
Cause I'm coming in with someone else 
 C 
He's a quiet man, the neighbors say 
         G       G/F       Em 
But his pain won't go a way 
    C                           G 
So for better or worse he's going down 
  D                     G 
To meet the Lynnville train 



verse 3 

  G                               
Steel wheels scream, the whistle blows, 
              D 
His heart is breaking 
   Am                            
She steps onto the platform, 
         C                D 
with her new love by her side 
  G                                      D 
He reaches in his coat, his hand is shaking 
    Am                                C              D 
The time has finally come. yeah, this really is goodbye 




 C 
His story is he's changed his mind,  
    G 
He just can't help himself 
         Am                     
So he's getting on board the Lynnville train 
      C                      D 
And moving on to someplace else 
 C              
As the train pulls out he watches them both 
 G              G/F       Em 
Standing in the pouring rain 
 C                           Am 
He's headed for a new life down the line 
D                G 
On the Lynnville Train 
 C                         G 
Yeah, for better or worse, he's leaving town 
D                G 
On the Lynnville Train