Daddy Whats A Train
Utah Phillips
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D G Daddy, what's a train? Is it something I can ride?D E7 A7 Does it carry lots of grown-up folks and little kids inside?D D7 G Is it bigger than our house? Well how can I explainD A7 D When my little boy asks me, Daddy whats a train? [Verse 1]D G When I was just a boy living by the trackD E7 A7 Us kids'd gather up the coal in a big ol' big gunny sack,D D7 G And then we'd hear the warning sound as the train pulled into viewD A7 D D7 And the engineer would smile and wave as she went rolling through; [Bridge 1] (spoken)G D She blew so loud and clear that we had to cover up our earsE7 A And we counted cars as high as we could go.D D7 G I can almost hear the steam and the big old drivers screamA A7 D With a sound my little boy will never know. [Chorus]D G Daddy, what's a train? Is it something I can ride?D E7 A7 Does it carry lots of grown-up folks and little kids inside?Continues after the adD D7 G Is it bigger than our house? Well how can I explainD A7 D When my little boy asks me, Daddy whats a train? [Verse 2]D G I guess the times have changed and kids are different now;D E7 A7 'Cause some don't even seem to know that milk comes from a cow.D D7 G My little boy can tell the names of all the baseball starsD A7 D And I remember how we memorized the names on railroad cars: [Bridge 2] (spoken)G D The Wabash and TP, Lackawanna and the ICE7 A Nickel Plate and the good old Santa Fe;D D7 G Just names out of the past I guess they're fading fastA A7 Every time I hear my little boy say, [Chorus]D G Daddy, what's a train? Is it something I can ride?D E7 A7 Does it carry lots of grown-up folks and little kids inside?D D7 G Is it bigger than our house? Well how can I explainD A7 D When my little boy asks me, Daddy whats a train? [Verse 3]D G We climbed into the car and drove down into townD E7 A7 Right up to the depot house but no one was around.D D7 G We searched the yard together for something I could showD A7 D D7 But I knew there hadn't been a train for a dozen years or so. [Bridge 3] (spoken)G D All the things I did when I was just a kidE7 A How far away those old memories appear,D D7 G I guess it's plain to see they still mean a lot to meD A7 D 'Cause my ambition was to be an engineer. [Chorus]D G Daddy, what's a train? Is it something I can ride?D E7 A7 Does it carry lots of grown-up folks and little kids inside?D D7 G Is it bigger than our house? Well how can I explainD A7 D When my little boy asks me, Daddy whats a train?