Johnny Paycheck

Cocaine Train

Johnny Paycheck


Tom: C

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[Verse]
C                                        C7
Well when I was a young lad  Damned if I didn't know it all
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When I was young like you You know I knew it all
C           G                      G7
But if ya listen to an old dog bark
G7                       C
Ya might see them holes before ya fall

[Verse]
C                                        C7
I'm gonna lay somethin on ya' and then I'm gonna heel on out
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I'm gonna lay somethin on ya' and then I'm gonna heel on out
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And you can take it or leave it
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But I damn well know what i'm talkin bout

[Chorus]
C
Yeah  cause I done felt the pain
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and I've been caught in the damned ol rain
     F
and lord it's hard ta get off
            C
the old white train
C
Yeah  the old white train costs a lot to ride
C                C7
It stole your heart and even your pride
            F                    
and it'll damn shure forever-more
                C
please your brain
           G
Take a little advice 
           G7                   C
stay away from the cocaine train

[Solo]
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[Chorus]
C
Yeah  cause I done felt the pain
C                      C7
and I've been caught in the damned ol rain
     F
and lord it's hard ta get off
            C
the old white train
C
Yeah  the old white train costs a lot to ride
C                C7
It stole your heart and even your pride
            F                    
and it'll damn shure forever-more honey
                C
please your brain
           G
Take a little advice 
           G7                   C
stay away from the cocaine train
C7               G
Yeah take a little advice 
               G7                C
and stay away from the cocaine train
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G7         C
Cocaine train!