The Engineers Dont Wave From The Trains Anymore

Intro: C G F C C7 F C G C Am C G C 


[Refrão]

    C                             G 
The Engineers don't wave from the trains anymore 
F                         C 
Not like they did back in nineteen fifty four 
            C7         F 
They got computers and diesels and things 
    C               G             C         Am 
The engineers don't wave from the trains anymore 
    C               G             C 
The engineers don't wave from the trains 


[Verso 1]

                            G 
When I was a little boy I'd hang around the tracks 
F                             C 
Watching them trains goin' to Louisville and back 
         C7           F 
I had my dreams and I had my plans 
      C           G        C 
I was gonna be an engineer man 


[Refrão]

    C                             G 
The Engineers don't wave from the trains anymore 
F                         C 
Not like they did back in nineteen fifty four 
            C7         F 
They got computers and diesels and things 
    C               G             C         Am 
The engineers don't wave from the trains anymore 
    C               G             C 
The engineers don't wave from the trains 


[Verso 2]

     C                      G 
Them big old trains used to chug a chug and spew 
F                            C 
They were my heroes and they knew that I knew 
          C7           F 
No matter how far they snaked down the track 
          C             G                    C 
They'd go somewhere and turn around and come back 


[Refrão]
 
    C                             G 
The Engineers don't wave from the trains anymore 
F                         C 
Not like they did back in nineteen fifty four 
            C7         F 
They got computers and diesels and things 
    C               G             C         Am 
The engineers don't wave from the trains anymore 
    C               G             C 
The engineers don't wave from the trains 

Break:  
C G F C C7 F C G C Am C G C 


[Verso 3]

        C                         G 
There's more important things that changed in the world 
F                           C 
The engineers forgot all us little boys and girls 
              C7       F 
I still get a far away look in my eye 
       C           G            C 
When I hear an old train in the night 


[Refrão]

    C                             G 
The Engineers don't wave from the trains anymore 
F                         C 
Not like they did back in nineteen fifty four 
            C7         F 
They got computers and diesels and things 
    C               G             C         Am 
The engineers don't wave from the trains anymore 
    C               G             C 
The engineers don't wave from the trains 

Outro: 

    C               G             C         Am 
The engineers don't wave from the trains anymore 
    C               G             C 
The engineers don't wave from the trains