BPM:      71
Released: 1 Jan 1976
Album:    My Love Affair With Trains


Note: Music in the provided YouTube starts at 0:36


Capo: No


[Intro]
  



[Verse 1]
             
Daddy's been a

            
 railroad man 

             
since he was t

      
wenty-one,
             
Two years appr

             
enticeship, a 

             
brakeman on th

         
e Denver run,
             
Thirty, he mad

            
e fireman, thi

             
rty-five, an e

   
ngineer,
            
Now at sixty-f

              
ive, he's reac

             
hed the end of

           
 his career,
             
Daddy said he'

            
s glad it's ov

             
er, but he ain

           
't fooling me,
             
  Last night I

              
 overheard him

            
 singing  this

             
 sad old melod

y.


[Chorus]
           
So long, train

            
 whistle, so l

ong,
       
Hmm mmm hmm,
             
This near gene

            
ration has no 

             
need for you o

  
r I,
             
We both served

             
 the nation lo

             
ng before it l

          
earned to fly,
             
Nothing lasts 

           
forever, now i

              
t's our turn t

  
o die,
             
Lord, hear tha

          
t whistle cry.


[Verse 2]
             
Daddy's not th

            
e only one, th

             
e railroad lin

       
es are fired,
             
The New York C

             
entral Limited

             
 has long sinc

         
e been retired

,
             
Chief is gone 

            
from Santa Fe,

             
 the SP Lark, 

   
as well,
             
How soon the r

             
est will leave

              
 the rails? Lo

             
rd, only time 

         
you tell,
             
I know that yo

             
u can't stop p


rogress,
             
 New things ha

           
ppen every day

,
             
 We're going t

             
o mourn that l

onely whistle,
             
 When it final

          
ly fades away.


[Chorus]
           
So long, train

            
 whistle, so l

ong,
       
Hmm mmm hmm,
             
This near gene

            
ration has no 

             
need for you o

  
r I,
             
We both served

             
 the nation lo

             
ng before it l

          
earned to fly,
             
Nothing lasts 

           
forever, now i

              
t's our turn t

  
o die,
             
Lord, hear tha

          
t whistle cry.


[Outro]
        
Hmm mmm hmm mm

m,
           
   Hmm mmm hmm

 
 mmm,
           
Hmm mm mm mmm 

         
hmm mm mm mmm,
            
   Hear that w

           
histle cry.
        
Hmm mmm hmm mm

m,
           
   Hmm mmm hmm

 
 mmm,
(Fade Out)