Both Ends Of The Train

C#m F# E B G#m E B I roomed with him in Rockville in 1925 E F# He was doing life and I was doing time B G#m E B His memory drifted back when he was most alive C#m F# When Frank and Jesse James were in their prime B G#m E B He was a corporal, fought the Kiowa and Sioux E F# From Sulphur Springs to Kansas clay B E B Ran into trouble when his soldier days were through C#m F# B Ended up a thousand miles away G#m E Don’t waste fond words or sad goodbye B F# E F# Lay me down on the wide open plain G#m E C# Out beneath the quilted sky E F# B Where I can see both ends of the train B, B, B, B, B, F#, B, B, E B, C#m, F#, G#m, E B, E F#, G#m, E C#m, E F# B G#m E B He said I saw the Buffalo, the herds would last for days E F# Back before the railroad came B G#m E B Now it’s all moved on without me but I miss the older ways C#m F# And I know it can never be the same B G#m E B They buried him at Rockville and his kind won’t rise again E F# I hope his soul can find some rest B G#m E B To the world he’s long forgot, but to me he was a friend C#m F# B I still recall his last request G#m E Don’t waste fond words or sad goodbye B F# E F# Lay me down on the wide open plain G#m E C# Out beneath the quilted sky E F# B Where I can see both ends of the train B, E B C#m, F#