Hey Conductor

	  		CAPO: 2


Intro: G  C  D  G  D  (2x) 

G 
Sitting on the dock at Union Station 
C 
Waiting on the pride of the Indian nation 
D                               G       D 
Fastest thing on metal wings or wheels  
G 
People come from all directions 
C 
Just to see their own reflections 
D                              G      D 
In a thousand tons of polished steel  



           G      G7           C7 
They say, "Hey conductor, does this train go to Texas 
       G                                         D 
With a hoot and a holler all the way down to San Antone?" 
           G      G7           C7 
They say, "Hey conductor, does this train go to Texas 
        G                       D              G      D 
I got a dime and a dollar and a one-way ticket home"
  


Instrumental:  


G 
Whistle whine when the brakeman pull it 
C 
See her flying like a silver bullet 
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Past the houses through the sleepy hills  
G 
Blackjack oak and red dust rising 
C 
Scarlet sun on the blue horizon 
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Hear the lonesome call of the whippoorwill 



          G      G7           C7 
He says, "Hey conductor, does this train go to Texas 
       G                                         D 
With a hoot and a holler all the way down to San Antone?" 
          G      G7           C7 
He says, "Hey conductor, does this train go to Texas 
        G                       D              G      D 
I got a dime and a dollar and a one-way ticket home"  



G 
Kids come out their eyes a-popping 
C 
Young men running, old men hopping 
D                                G     D 
When they hear the mighty engine roar  
G 
Lords a-leaping, bands a-playing 
C 
Ladies dancing, hound dogs baying 
D                              G      D 
Passengers and hopefuls by the score  


 
           G      G7           C7 
They say, "Hey conductor, does this train go to Texas 
       G                                         D 
With a hoot and a holler all the way down to San Antone?" 
           G      G7           C7 
They say, "Hey conductor, does this train go to Texas 
        G                       D              G      D 
I got a dime and a dollar and a one-way ticket home" 
 


    G 
Now baby, I would beg or borrow 
C 
Hock my own best boots tomorrow 
D                                G   D 
Just to git up on that train and go  
G 
Kings and beggars, saints and villains 
C 
You and me and all god's chillen' 
D                             G   D 
Ponca City to the Gulf of Mexico  



         G      G7           C7 
We say, "Hey conductor, does this train go to Texas 
       G                                         D 
With a hoot and a holler all the way down to San Antone?" 
         G      G7           C7 
We say, "Hey conductor, does this train go to Texas? 
        G                       D              G      C 
I got a dime and a dollar and a one-way ticket home"  
        G                       D              G      D  G 
I got a dime and a dollar and a one-way ticket home"