Bm D A E X2
[Verse 1]
Bm D A
Momma has all kinds of dreams
E Bm D A E
Where she goes looking for hidden things
Bm D A
Stolen silver, daddy's wine
E Bm A E
Bastard children in the line
Bm D A
Last night she heard a warning call
E Bm D A E
Woke her up, it was the train, that's all
Bm D A
And every dream's about the war
E Bm A
Since she lost her oldest born
[Chorus]
D E
The train from Memphis just arrived
A F#m
With somebody else's son who died
D E F#m
She don't sleep well on the Delta line
D E A
She don't sleep well on the Delta line
E Bm F#m E Bm
[Verse 2]
Bm D A
Ellie Mae got engaged fast
E Bm D A E
But there are questions we don't ask
Bm D A
A civil wedding set for May
E Bm D A E
Momma's gonna make a velvet cake
Bm D A
You know they asked the reverend first
E Bm D A E
But he won't defile the church
Bm D A
He saw the fullness in her eyes
E Bm D
Said from God no man can hide
[Chorus]
D E
The train from Memphis just arrived
A F#m
With a dress that's too small for the bride
D E F#m
She don't sleep well on the Delta line
D E A
She don't sleep well on the Delta line
E Bm F#m E Bm
[Verse 3]
Bm D
Now Aunt Marie won't cut her hair
A E Bm D A
Since she dropped her baby down the stairs
Bm D A
She ran off into the woods
E Bm D A E
But that won't do that baby any good
Bm D A
They feed her bottles day and night
E Bm D A E
But she won't take them, she just cries, cries, cries
Bm D A
Better she learn to suffer now
E Bm D A
Before her husband shows her how
[Chorus]
D E
The train from Memphis just arrived
A E F#m
Carrying a hungry orphan child
D E F#m
She don't sleep well on the Delta line
D E A
She don't sleep well on the Delta line
E Bm F#m E Bm
[Outro]
Bm D A
Momma has all kinds of dreams
E Bm D A
Where she goes looking for hidden things
